The Phlebotomist is trained to collect blood samples and works under the supervision of the Clinical Laboratory Scientist. Training is typically on-the-job and is available when there is an employment need in a particular facility. Certified Nurse Assistants and Medical Assistants are often selected for this type of on-the-job training. To find on-the-job training, contact area hospital human resource departments to inquire about available training.

• Less than 2 years

The technician will find job opportunities in hospitals, independent laboratories, physicians offices, public health clinics, pharmaceutical firms, and research institutions. As in most occupations, replacement needs will be the main source of job openings. Employment of clinical laboratory workers is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2005 creating additional job openings. The rapidly growing older population will spur demand, since older people generally have more medical problems. Technological changes will have two opposite effects on employment. New, more powerful diagnostic tests will encourage more testing and spur employment. However, advances in laboratory automation and simpler tests, which make it possible for each worker to perform more tests, should slow growth. Research and development efforts are targeted at simplifying routine testing procedures so that nonlaboratory personnel - physicians and patients in particular - can perform tests now done in laboratories. Also, robots may prepare specimens, a job now done by technologists and technicians. Fastest growth is expected in independent medical laboratories, as hospitals continue to send them a greater share of their testing. Rapid growth s also expected in offices and clinics of physicians. Slower growth is expected in hospitals.

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians analyze body fluids, tissue, and other substances using a variety of tests. Similar or related procedures are performed by chemists, crime laboratory analysts, food testers, and veterinary laboratory technicians.

$20,592

• Barton County Community College
• Flint Hills Technical College
• Franklin Technology Center At Mssc Health Program
• Ozarks Technical Community College
• Penn Valley Community College
• Seward County Community College
• St. Louis College Of Health Careers
• St. Louis Community College @ Forest Park
• Wichita Area Technical College

• Aft Healthcare
• American Society For Clinical Pathology
• Ascp Board Of Registry
• National Accrediting Agency For Clinical Laboratory Sciences