HLT37215 Certificate III in Pathology Collection

Course Description

HLT37215 Certificate III in Pathology Collection is training you to be a phlebotomist, a person who collect blood and specimens. You will gain knowledge and practical skills to equip you to work as a pathology collector of phlebotomist in a health setting. This course will also help you gain transferable skills that you will use in other health related studies in your future career journey.

Entry Requirements:

Academic level:

Completed of High School Certificate or equivalent

English Proficiency

1. 10 mins interview (face to face or online) – One of the questions is, ‘are you willing to collect blood samples from all patients (gender, ethnicity, cultural background and infection status?’)
2. Complete a LLN test
3. Proficiency in using computers

Minimum Age: 18 years old or above.

Career Prospects

1. Phlebotomist
2. Laboratory Assistant
3. Blood Collector
4. Pathology Collector
5. Specimen Collector Officer

Future Studies

Students who successfully completed this course may choose to proceed to a Diploma level AQF 5 Health or Community Services Sector.

Work placement requirements:

This qualification has 35 hours of work placement in a pathology centre or hospital.

These are the documents required before going for work placement:

1. National/International Police Clearance within 6 months
2. Working with Children’s Check (WWC)
3. Evidence of the following vaccinations:
4. Hep B: min 2x adult vac
5. MMR: 2 x vac
6. Varicella: 2x vac
7. DTP: 1 x vac evidence in the last 10 years
8. Influenza (annual)
9. COVID-19
10. TB: Quantiferon Gold- Negative serology Result

Training Delivery

• Face to Face classroom delivery
• Stimulated learning environment (using training arms and role play)
• Specimen collection centre for supervised work placement

Units of Competency

No.	Unit Code	Unit Name
1	CHCDIV001	Work with diverse people	CORE
2	HLTINF006	Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control
3	HLTPAT001	Identify and respond to clinical risks in pathology collection
4	HLTPAT002	Perform venous blood collections
5	HLTPAT004	Collect pathology specimens other than blood
6	HLTWHS001	Participate in workplace health and safety
7	BSBCUS201	Deliver a service to customers
8	BSBMED301	Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
9	CHCCOM005	Communicate with work in health or community services
10	HLTAAP001	Recognise healthy body systems	ELECTIVE
11	HLTAID011	Provide first aid
12	HLTPAT003	Perform capillary blood collections
13	HLTPAT005	Collect specimens for drugs of abuse testing
14	HLTPAT006	Receive, prepare and dispatch pathology specimens