Also called: Mobile Paramedical Examiner, Life Insurance Exam Technician
Visits people applying for life insurance at home or work to take blood pressure, height, weight and blood and urine samples for the insurer.
You drive to four homes and an office today with a kit of tubes and a blood pressure cuff. At each stop you ask health questions, draw blood, take measurements and pack samples for the lab. You are friendly and fast, because many people hate needles.
Often paid per exam as a contractor.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 0.5 years after high school. Phlebotomy certificate; often a medical assistant, EMT or nurse.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Phlebotomy (certificate), Medical Assisting.
Shrinking (about -3% over 10 years). More insurers skip exams using data, so demand is slipping.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Insurers now approve many policies using data instead of exams; in-person blood draws remain for big policies.
Classes: Biology, Health-science CTE class, Driver's ed.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-2099.
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