Do you want to be an important member of a health care team? Become a certified phlebotomy technician and be taught how to skillfully perform successful venipunctures and specimen collection as you work in an outpatient or inpatient health care setting. HACC’s workforce development unit is now offering a full and part-time Phlebotomy Technician course that will allow you to work in a high-demand health care career.
Also, you will be prepared to sit for the National Healthcareer Association’s Phlebotomy Technician Certification Examination (included in the tuition cost and taken at the end of the course).
Graduates are able to find work in a variety of health care settings that include:
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Our certificate course teaches you how to properly obtain blood specimens used for laboratory testing. You will be taught:
You will be required to perform venipuncture in class.
Our certificate program is 100 total classroom and laboratory hours, plus 80 hours completed in a clinical setting. In a clinical setting, you are under the direct supervision of a clinical preceptor and can work as a Phlebotomist – applying the skills you learned in class within this clinical environment.
Full-time day classes are seven weeks in length and part time, evening classes are 15-weeks in length. (Some classes can be longer depending upon the clinical sites available.) Evening program clinicals must be performed during daytime hours.
Our certificate program is designed to prepare you to:
Although our certificate course is designed to lead you directly into the workforce, you may continue your education, upon completing our program, by applying your hours earned towards one of our associate degree at HACC!
Once you have completed an associate’s degree at HACC, you can further your education by transferring to a four-year school to earn your Bachelor’s degree!
For your convenience, you can complete the entire certificate at our Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Lebanon campuses through on-campus/in-person instruction.
Yes! We offer many scholarships through the HACC Foundation. Each scholarship has specific eligibility requirements. To learn how to apply, please visit hacc.edu/Scholarships.
You can complete spring, summer and fall classes at HACC and apply based on the class schedule. Please contact us using the information in the “How can I learn more?” section.
Future students, we are excited to connect with you and answer your questions. Please choose the option that works best for you to meet with us.
Current HACC students, please contact our Advising Department with any questions.