| Apply occupational health and safety rules in the pathology laboratory. |
| Work in compliance with biosafety and infection control precautions. |
| Receive and register tissue specimens delivered to the laboratory in accordance with standard procedures. |
| Explain the purpose and basic principles of tissue fixation. |
| Distinguish different types of fixatives according to their intended use. |
| Perform tissue processing steps in the correct sequence. |
| Prepare paraffin blocks using appropriate techniques. |
| Operate the microtome and produce histological tissue sections. |
| Prepare histological sections appropriately for staining procedures. |
| Apply Hematoxylin–Eosin staining steps according to standard techniques. |
| Identify technical errors and artifacts that may occur in histological preparations. |
| Demonstrate professional ethics, quality control awareness, and responsibility in pathology laboratory practices. |