Histology Technician
Histology Technicians prepare slides of body tissue for microscopic examination
by freezing and cutting tissues, mounting them on slides, and staining
them with special dyes to make the details visible under the microscope.
Work Environment:
Employment is found in hospital laboratories, research institutions,
industrial laboratories, public health departments, or government agencies.
Job Outlook:
Job opportunities are expected to be excellent.
Licensure/Certification:
National certification as a Histology Technician is not currently required yet may become a future entry level standard for employment. Graduates of the program would be eligible for national certification through the board of registry of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
Salary:
Histology Technicians according to the regional salary survey information
earn $14-$25 per hour.
Program Offerings:
Phoenix College offers a Certificate of Completion and an Associate
of Applied Science degree in Histology Technology.
The program is an eight month program beginning in April and ending
the middle of December. Didactic courses and student lab are scheduled
on Saturdays from 9:00am - 4:00pm. The didactic courses are offered
on the Phoenix College campus from 9:00am-12:00pm and the student laboratory
is scheduled at a local pathology laboratory from 1:30-4:00pm. The clinical
practicums are scheduled Monday through Friday and average 10 hours
per week.
For more information contact the Academic Advisor for Health Professions
at 602-285-7427 or visit http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/he/ht
Block Transfer for Health Professions:
As a student enrolled in Allied Health and Health Professions degrees
and certificate programs at one of the Arizona community colleges, you
have an opportunity to complete your bachelor’s degree through
a statewide pathway. This pathway maximizes the use of your community
college credits towards the degree. To help you understand the pathway
and the route to your degree, use the information that has been prepared
by faculty and advisors from both the community colleges and the Arizona
public universities.
The Arizona public universities and community colleges have established
a unique transfer agreement specifically for the Health Professions
Career programs. Instead of relying on a course-by-course evaluation
of a student’s academic transcript, the faculty agreed that it
would be more appropriate to consider the Associate in Applied Science
(AAS) degrees or Certificates of Completion as “blocks”
for transfer to the university.
Click here
for the Block Transfer Flow Chart for Histology Technician
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