Occupation Atlasphlebotomist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5ee264b2-9bc5-40f6-9db3-c87143af6b2d
phlebotomist
Phlebotomists take blood samples from patients for laboratory analysis, ensuring patient safety during the blood collection process. They transport the specimen to the laboratory, following strict instructions from the doctor of medicine.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.44
- C Conventional5.42
- I Investigative4.69
- S Social3.60
- E Enterprising1.40
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Phlebotomists (31-9097.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- blood donation
- collect biological samples from patients
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- infection control
- interact with healthcare users
- label blood samples
- label medical laboratory samples
- maintain professional records
- manage infection control in the facility
- medical informatics
- monitor basic patients signs
- perform venepuncture procedures
- respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions
- sterilization techniques
- techniques of blood-sampling
- transport blood samples
- use technical equipment for sterilisation
- use venepuncture procedure equipment
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional (12)
- assist patients with special needs
- blood collection on babies
- blood product storage conditions
- blood transfusion
- blood type classification
- conduct cancer screening tests
- conduct routine blood testing
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients
- medical terminology
- paediatric phlebotomy procedures
- perform reconstructive microsurgery
- use foreign languages in patient care
O*NET equivalents
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