Work Recommendation

[MissMoneyJenny]

One of my applications asks for a recommendation from an academic, and one from work. I have no doubt in my mind that my current supervisor could write me a wonderful recommendation . . . for another job, but I am not so sure about a course-based Masters program.

So I'm wondering, should I reserve my academic recommendation for a professor who has taught me, and use my lab coordinator as the work recommender, or should I use the lab coordinator as my academic reference and then my supervisor for my work reference?