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Studying Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) in Nigeria: Challenges & Job Opportunities
Jan 5, 2025
Are you passionate about science and interested in a hands-on career? Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) might be your perfect fit! This video provides a comprehensive overview of SLT, including the necessary qualifications, challenges faced by students, and promising job prospects. Discover the importance of laboratory technicians in healthcare, research, and industry. Get insights from current students and professionals to help you make an informed decision about pursuing a career in SLT. #science #laboratorytechnology #SLT #healthcare #research #industry #nigeria #university #challenges #jobopportunities #careers #education
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hello what's your name my name is fa
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Joseph okay nice to meet you and you Oka
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okay so you guys are 4 level students of
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the Department of science laborat
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technology okay so what is the course
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all about okay um as the name implies
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science lab tech the course is
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about um studying like the Laboratories
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right so but in the science like science
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labs so basically the course is about
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labs lab work that's basically what it
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about okay okay so why did you decide to
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study this course like every uh science
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students out there majority of us want
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to go into the medical field if you
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would agree with me so coming into SLT I
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was given admission from the first very
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first list you know so when I came in
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here I at first I was a bit skeptical
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because of the popular you know belief
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that people have thatt is a Technic
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course but that onou not to be true it
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is a very uh well accredited 5 years
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course in this school with so back to
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your question why I decided to continue
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with SLT it deals with the field that I
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found interest in which is human
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physiology and pharmacology okay yes
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it's a branch under SLT so yes I decided
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to study it okay so talking about this
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Branch what are the specialty under l
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they have five we have physiology and
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pharmacology we have chemistry we have
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physics we have biochemistry and we have
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microbiology okay that's here in unn but
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like in other schools they have um
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several other branches I think I had in
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Futo they have like 10 or so I'm not I'm
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not sure but I think they have more
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branches depends on the school it
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depends on the school but um SLC deals
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with lab and in every organization
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there's a lab right so it's I'm not
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surprised if they would have other
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branches under discour but here in un is
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just five so how many years what is
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duration of the course it's five five
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yeah it's a 5e course okay five years
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course and you guys go for hey yes we go
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for internship in hospitals Laboratories
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food processing Industries you know the
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list goes on and on
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breweries and the rest of them okay so
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how demanding will you see this cost is
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okay I would say it's demanding but it
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depends on the option you are in right
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the area of specialty you are in so here
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in unn as I said we have five there's a
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particular that's chemistry chemistry is
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more demanding than other um other
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options here in un and that's because
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chemistry in itself everybody knows that
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chemistry is anybody's child's it's not
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a child's play one and then chemistry as
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a department here
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is um demanding right so if you're in
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chemistry option you have to be
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borrowing some of their courses and
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their lecturers their rules in chemistry
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is like very tight so because of that it
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makes like chemistry options to be very
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demanding but physiology and
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pharmacology is a bit flexible right
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compared to other options here in un
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okay so have you been able to like
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combine your academics with maybe
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business idles or something like that
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yes I have because
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I am a certified agent like I give jobs
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parttime jobs to both students and
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graduates so balancing that has been a
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bit technical you know because you have
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to set your priority I came to school to
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learn and learning is what I will do so
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I come to classes do my assignments I
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take tests you know when I get home I
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set my timetable so so so time to so so
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time I will read then I'll will keep my
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book aside then so so time I reply
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messages and attend to people that need
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jobs so that has been my daily schedule
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you know trying to balance work and
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school and so far it has been working so
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just about having the good time
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management okay okay so uh what
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organizations can you know graduate of
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this course like where can they work in
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Nigeria okay so it's a generic term to
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say um you can work in any lab okay yes
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you can work in any lab lab but
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depending on the option which you
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graduate from depending on the scope of
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labs you could work in so for instance
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um we are in Pharmacology we could work
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in we could work with navda we could
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work with hospitals we work withies we
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could work with drug producing companies
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you know you can open your own your own
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establishments okay what about oil and
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gas sector oil and gas sector I think
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that should go to people in chemistry
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okay right people in chemistry okay yeah
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okay so what advice do you have for
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someone that want to study this course
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at the University well I would say you
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know a majority of people apply for
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medicine Pharmacy you don't know where
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your destiny lies you know the fact that
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you didn't you you are giv SLT you
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should accept it with full faith and put
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in the work you would put in in those
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other courses because I tell you it is
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it is not giving enough Lime Light
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SLT has brought people out from from
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different different H Industries you
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know like she rightly mentioned you can
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work in breweries manufactur food
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manufacturing Industries food processing
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Industries Med drugs where they produce
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drugs you can work there then you can
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also open your own establishment and be
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running tests you know just like that
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okay okay so finally uh what has the
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experience been for you like studying
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this course for the past uh 4 years
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years what has been your like your
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schedule like how have you been able to
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manage uh is there any mistakes you've
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made in the time past that maybe you
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want to advise someone to like maybe
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correct okay so studying this course in
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one word for me has been interesting wow
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when people ask me how School how is
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your department treating you personally
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I'm like my department is treating me
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very well yes I'm not just studying the
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course because I was given I'm studying
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the course with some passion right I'm
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studying the course like I really want
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to know pharmacology is very interesting
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right you learn about physiology how the
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body works and how drugs affect the body
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how the body reacts to drugs I mean
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these things are exciting they like
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daily things that happen like when you
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take you can apply to your own life when
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I when you take a drug you just
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imagining how it's going through your
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system and then when when I take some
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drugs I know some side effect of the
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drugs you know what you're expecting
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because we we deal with all of that so
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for me it has been interesting my schle
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has been very tight I'm a writer I'm an
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author I'm a coach like I do a whole lot
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of things into politics here in school
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like me and her so it's been tight but
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we've been coping and that's why I know
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that you know if you are you are willing
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to put in your best shot at anything you
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can actually achieve it when I wake up I
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have a to-do list like almost every day
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I carry sticky papers around when I wake
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up I do now my day my thoughts for the
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day you know organized I don't wake up I
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say let us see how the day goes the day
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will go go away right so I know that if
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I don't sit down to like plan and say
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XYZ is what I'm going to do your day
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will just vanish and you cannot even
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tell because here in school there are so
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many things that are like calling for
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your attention there so many things
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calling for your attention so if you
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don't set your priorities right like say
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this and this and this what I want to
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achieve today your day will just go away
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right so but combining school with other
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areas of my life it's been demanding but
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I've been driving proper management yeah
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proper management all right thank you
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very much thank you very much that will
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be I really appreciate thank you
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