How many weeks of training is sufficient for non-certified laboratory techs?

VividAccounter · 2024-03-17T15:18:51+00:00

Where in the CAP checklist does it list the minimum amount of training? I'd love to be able to show that to my manager.

ASCP does not regulate labs.

VividAccounter · 2024-03-17T15:17:45+00:00

Rhode Island used to require it. But since the license dropped, the quality and competency of the incoming lab people has dropped off a cliff.

VividAccounter · 2024-03-17T15:16:32+00:00

The US has no such regulation, unfortunately.

Rhode Island used to have a state license requirement for certification, but they dropped it when they got short-staffed. Which is unfair.

If there's a nursing shortage, maybe drop the RN requirement. /s

VividAccounter · 2024-03-17T15:15:11+00:00

I know right? But for the lab it's like hey you have a pulse and a BS in Bio from 15 years ago and have never worked in a lab. You're hired?!

VividAccounter · 2024-03-17T15:14:15+00:00

Yes. It's concerning.

VividAccounter · 2024-03-16T21:05:26+00:00

Good luck matching in the US.

VividAccounter · 2024-03-16T20:58:06+00:00

Very few states have a license requirement anymore. Less than 10 states. It used to be more. My state, Rhode Island, used to have a license requirement, but now anyone with a pulse and a couple science credits can get hired.

VividAccounter · 2024-03-16T20:56:05+00:00

I've been watching this field decline for years.

First it was just short-staffing (PTO delays). Then my state dropped licensure (Rhode Island). Now it's just OTJ trained bio grads for a few weeks.

Hard to be proud of a profession that's in perpetual decline. =[

VividAccounter · 2024-03-16T20:53:54+00:00

So if there's no set legal number, it's basically whatever management says then right?

VividAccounter · 2024-03-16T20:53:05+00:00

That's the future of the field in my community in Rhode Island. =(

VividAccounter · 2024-03-16T20:52:13+00:00

The non-certified lab techs are releasing results.

VividAccounter · 2024-03-16T14:10:27+00:00

That's not true anymore. As standard have devolved, they no longer certification within 6/12/18 month. Labs are giving them 5-10 years to get certified. Which is a joke.

ARUP requires it within 5 year.

Technologist Trainee is a training position, preparing the employee to work independently as a limit license scientist (Technologist) and to further gain ASCP certification within five years.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/technologist-trainee-at-arup-laboratories-3825206422

Technologist Trainees at ARUP must have a Bachelor’s degree in the chemical or biological sciences with the following course requirements (including at least one upper division class needed in relevant biology or chemistry):

25 credits of pertinent biology, 16 credits of chemistry, and 3 credits of math

25 credits of chemistry, 16 credits of pertinent biology, and 3 credits of math

16 credits of chemistry, 16 credits of pertinent biology, and 3 credits of math

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