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Phlebotomy Technician (CPT1)

Vallejo Adult School · Fairfield, CA

Cost
$3,285
Length
7 weeks
Working 6 months later
67%

Program names and program descriptions appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Occupation titles are translated where O*NET publishes a Spanish name. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

People enrolled
248
Finished the program
97%Based on 238 peopleTypical California program: 85% of 1,951 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.
Working 6 months later
67%Typical California program: 69% of 1,690 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.
Earnings in one quarter after
$8,645A single quarter of earnings, roughly three months, not a yearly salary. Do not compare it directly with the yearly pay shown for the occupation.Typical California program: $10,900 of 1,339 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.

The jobs this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Trains for more than one job. The outlook shown is the weakest of them.

Where California publishes a separate figure for Vallejo MSA (Solano County), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Job ads may call this: Lecturer · Professor · Instructor · Clinical Professor

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Supervise laboratory sessions.
Show 4 more things this job involves
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as public health, stress management, and work site health promotion.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Typical pay in California
$169,732per year
Projected openings
20,800
Projected change
+19.2%
Usually needs
Doctoral or professional degree

California publishes no separate figure for this job in Vallejo MSA. The statewide figures above are the only ones there are.

Getting in

Experience needed first
Under 5 years in a related job
Training after you are hired
None

Employers usually expect some time in a related job as well as the training. Ask the provider what their graduates did before they were hired.

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

Phlebotomists

Pay, hiring, and what people studied

Job ads may call this: Phlebotomist · Mobile Examiner · Phlebotomy Technician · Lab Liaison Technician

  • Dispose of contaminated sharps, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, and policies.
  • Organize or clean blood-drawing trays, ensuring that all instruments are sterile and all needles, syringes, or related items are of first-time use.
  • Match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes.
  • Draw blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
Show 4 more things this job involves
  • Dispose of blood or other biohazard fluids or tissue, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, or policies.
  • Conduct standards tests, such as blood alcohol, blood culture, oral glucose tolerance, glucose screening, blood smears, or peak and trough drug levels tests.
  • Collect specimens at specific time intervals for tests, such as those assessing therapeutic drug levels.
  • Process blood or other fluid samples for further analysis by other medical professionals.

What this pays in Vallejo MSA (Solano County)

Each bar runs from the lowest-paid tenth to the highest-paid tenth. The darker middle is where half the people are, and the line is the median.

AreaThe lowest-paid tenth earn underHalf earn underThe highest-paid tenth earn over
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$49,318$61,438$79,186
Across California$46,642$57,459$76,223

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for Vallejo MSA (Solano County) beside the same figures for the whole state. A region can sit well below or above the statewide spread, and the statewide number is the one most often quoted — so where they differ, the local row is the one that describes the work near this program.

Typical pay in California
$57,459per yearVallejo MSA: $51,401
Projected openings
19,970Vallejo MSA: 120
Projected change
+14.7%
Usually needs
Postsecondary non-degree award

Getting in

Experience needed first
None
Training after you are hired
None

No earlier job experience is expected, and new hires are not put through a long training period. For work like this, a program is usually the way in.

Program details

This program provides in-person instruction only.

Vallejo Regional provides this program that prepares individuals under the supervision of physicians and other health care professionals to draw blood samples from patients using a variety of intrusive procedures. Includes instruction in basic vascular anatomy and physiology blood physiology skin puncture techniques venipuncture venous specimen collection and handling safety and sanitation procedures and applicable standards and regulations.

Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-09-18). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

Ask before you enroll, not after

The order the rules set out starts at the center rather than at the school. Before a center can find somebody eligible for training services it has to gather enough to decide, at a minimum through an interview, evaluation or assessment and career planning. Referring a person to the provider they have chosen and setting up the account both come after that, and both are the center's to do — the account is a payment agreement with the training provider, and it is the provider that is paid through it. So the call belongs before enrolling and before paying. Anyone who has already done either should still ask, and ask what it means for them.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

  • America`s Job Center of California - FairfieldAffiliate site

    Phone: 707-863-3500

    500 Chadbourne RoadSuite AFairfield, CA 94534about 2.1 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm

  • CareerPoint NapaComprehensive center

    Phone: 707-253-4134

    2751 Napa Valley Corporate DriveBldg A. Suite 106Napa, CA 94559about 8.6 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

  • America`s Job Center of California - VallejoComprehensive center

    Phone: 707-648-4024

    1440 Marin StreetVallejo, CA 94590about 11.1 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday 8am- 5:00 pm

    Has a veterans' representative

At a comprehensive center all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

How this site gets its figures, and what they do not tell you