Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a phlebotomist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a phlebotomist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as phlebotomy technician, clinical phlebotomist, practitioner of phlebotomy, specialist in phlebotomy, phlebotomy practitioner, venipuncturist, phlebotomy specialist.

Service and sales workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: covid tester, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
covid tester 42% covered sterile services technician 35% covered respiratory therapy technician 34% covered anaesthetic technician 32% covered clinical perfusion scientist 31% covered phlebotomist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from phlebotomist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a phlebotomist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A phlebotomist needs 25 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • blood donation health and welfare
  • label blood samples handling and moving
  • label medical laboratory samples handling and moving
  • perform venepuncture procedures assisting and caring
  • transport blood samples handling and moving
  • use venepuncture procedure equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions assisting and caring
  • collect biological samples from patients handling and moving
  • techniques of blood-sampling health and welfare
  • use technical equipment for sterilisation working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a phlebotomist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Phlebotomist is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a phlebotomist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.