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1. Medical laboratory scientists and
Technicians
Health Workforce Annual Survey
Medical laboratory scientists
and technicians
Health Workforce Annual Survey

2. Introduction
• A health workforce survey was included with each invoice for
the Annual Practising Certificates (APC) sent to medical
laboratory scientists and technicians in February 2010.
• Of the 1616 medical laboratory scientists who were sent an
invoice 1312 (81.2 percent) indicated that they were working
actively as medical laboratory scientists, three (0.2 percent)
respondents indicated that they were not actively working and
301 (18.6 percent) did not respond to the survey.
• Of the 1437 medical laboratory technicians who were sent an
invoice, 1123 (78.1 percent) indicated that they were working
actively as medical laboratory technicians, one (0.1 percent)
respondent indicated that they were not actively working and
313 (21.8 percent) did not respond to the survey.
• The following statistics are based on the 1312 active medical
laboratory scientists and 1123 active medical laboratory
technicians.

3. List of tables
• Table 1: Age and gender of active medical laboratory
scientists and technicians, 2010 2
• Table 2: Ethnicity of active medical laboratory scientists and
technicians, by gender, 2010 3
• Table 3: Qualification country of active medical laboratory
scientists and technicians, by gender, 2010 5
• Table 4: District Health Board of employer for medical
laboratory scientists and technicians, by average hours
worked, 2010 6
• Table 5: Main employment setting of active medical
laboratory scientists and technicians, by gender, 2010 8
• Table 6: Worktype by main employment setting for active
medical laboratory scientists and technicians, 2010 10
• Table 7: Worktype for medical laboratory scientists and
technicians, by gender, 2010 11

4. List of figures
• Figure 1: Age of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, as a percentage, 2010 2
• Figure 2: Ethnicity of active medical laboratory scientists, by gender, percentage, 2010 3
• Figure 3: Ethnicity of active medical laboratory technicians, by gender, as a percentage, 2010 4
• Figure 4: District Health Board of employer for medical laboratory scientists, by average hours
worked, 2010 7
• Figure 5: District Health Board of employer for medical laboratory technicians, by average hours
worked, 2010 7
• Figure 6: Main employment setting of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, 2010 9
• Figure 7: Worktype for medical laboratory scientists, by gender, percentage, 2010 11
• Figure 8: Worktype for medical laboratory technicians, by gender, as a percentage, 2010 12
• Figure 9: Active medical laboratory scientists by year of qualification, 1970 to 2009 12
• Figure 10: Active medical laboratory technicians by year of qualification, 1962 to 2009 13

5. Survey results
• Of the medical laboratory scientists with a
reported gender, 71.2 percent were female,
while 88.8 percent of medical laboratory
technicians were female (Table 1 and Figure
• 1). The median age of respondents was 47
years for medical laboratory scientists and 50
years for medical laboratory technicians.

6. Table 1: Age and gender of active medical laboratory
scientists and technicians, 2010
Medical Laboratory Scientists Medical Laboratory Technicians
Female
Female
reporte
reporte
Percen
Percen
Total
Total
Male
Male
tage
tage
Not
Not
Age group
d
d
20–24 6 10 0 16 1.2 2 9 0 11 1.0
25–29 26 89 1 116 8.8 12 55 0 67 6.0
30–34 42 88 0 130 9.9 19 65 0 84 7.5
35–39 33 95 2 130 9.9 17 76 0 93 8.3
40–44 29 117 0 146 11.1 26 108 0 134 11.9
45–49 57 144 0 201 15.3 20 144 0 164 14.6
50–54 53 127 0 180 13.7 14 196 0 210 18.7
55–59 54 125 1 180 13.7 7 174 2 183 16.3
60+ 72 122 0 194 14.8 8 165 0 173 15.4
Not reported 5 14 0 19 1.4 0 4 0 4 0.4
Total 377 931 4 1312 100.0 125 996 2 1123 100.0

7. Table 2: Ethnicity of active medical laboratory scientists and
technicians, by gender, 2010
Medical Laboratory Scientists Medical Laboratory Technicians
Ethnicity
Male Female Not reported Total Male Female Not reported Total
NZ European 184 583 2 769 33 623 2 658
NZ Maori 4 18 0 22 3 50 0 53
Other European –
British & Irish 47 73 0 120 5 41 0 46
Chinese 22 45 0 67 5 14 0 19
Other European 20 46 1 67 2 31 0 33
Indian 24 39 0 63 27 40 0 67
Other Asian 9 17 0 26 7 28 0 35
African 8 15 0 23 2 3 0 5
Other European –
Australian 6 8 0 14 2 5 0 7
South East Asian 7 5 1 13 17 43 0 60
Other Pacific 3 8 0 11 6 11 0 17
Samoan 2 3 0 5 5 8 0 13
Maori 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 3
Other 16 23 0 39 8 23 0 31
Not reported 23 47 0 70 3 73 0 76
Total 377 931 4 1312 125 996 2 1123

8. • The Ministry of Health would like to thank all the health
care professionals who completed the 2010 workforce
questionnaire. This is an annual survey which all health
care professionals are encouraged to complete. If you
have any comments or require further survey results
please contact:
• For more information visit: - Medical Laboratory
Technician