Also called: Allergy Lab Technician, Allergy Clinic Assistant
Does skin-prick allergy tests and mixes the custom allergy shots that patients get every week or month.
Pricks a nervous kid's back with dozens of tiny drops of pollen, dust mite and pet extracts, waits 15 minutes, then measures the red bumps. In the lab you measure extracts into each patient's personal vials, give injections and watch for reactions. You learn to handle the rare emergency fast.
Estimate based on medical assistants.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Usually a medical assistant or LPN with on-the-job allergy training.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Medical Assisting.
Growing faster than average. Medical assistant jobs are growing quickly.
Low risk for 10 years. Testing kids, mixing extracts and handling reactions stay hands-on; software tracks doses.
Classes: Biology, Chemistry, Health science.
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