Also called: Leech Breeder, Medicinal Leech Technician
Breeds and raises FDA-cleared medicinal leeches that surgeons use to drain blood and save reattached fingers, ears and skin flaps.
Tends tanks of leeches in a clean facility: changing water, checking cocoons and keeping careful records for FDA rules. When a hospital calls about a surgery on a reattached finger, you pack leeches in cool water and ship them overnight. They help blood flow until the patient's veins heal.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school or some college in biology; trained on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Biology.
Growing about average. Tiny but stable niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Breeding and shipping live leeches is hands-on, small-scale work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to the few medicinal leech farms for production or lab tech jobs; they train on the job
Classes: Biology, Chemistry, Health science.
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