Northwest Career and Technical Center

Grant funded tuition. Only pay for the textbook, online practice exam, in-person certification exam, and venipuncture supplies totaling $349.00. (Course is valued at $2,175.) 

To be accepted, please complete the required documentation located at this link at least one week before class starts.

See funding sources listed below. You shouldn't have to pay for it yourself. 

Start Date: Class starts September 1, 2026 and ends February 16, 2027; Tuesdays 5:30 - 8:30pm for 24 weeks. Clinical hours are scheduled separately. Access to a computer and internet is required to complete some work online (cell phones cannot be used).

Certification as a Phlebotomy Technician is provided through the National Healthcare Association.

Northwest Career and Technical Center has developed a hybrid phlebotomy program that has been approved by the National Healthcare Association in order to offer the nationally approved Phlebotomy Technician Certification Preparation course and to be a testing site for the Certified Phlebotomy Technician examination. The hybrid and model encourages students to attend in person instruction, however with the help of Google Classroom, students are able to utilize the material and pace themselves when unable to attend in person. In order to sit for certification, students must attend 72 classroom hours and complete the necessary venipuncture and capillary punctures as outlined by the National Healthcare Association.

Due to the growing need for phlebotomists, Northwest Career & Technical Center has created relationships with Northwestern Medical Center and Copley Hospital in order to provide students with clinicals that will help each student gain insight and knowledge as to what working as a phlebotomist looks like. Each student will be offered up to 16 hours of clinical time with a skilled phlebotomist who will work with the student in order to answer questions, provide knowledge and demonstrate phlebotomy skills. Upon successful completion of the course, students are then eligible for interviews with the Northwestern Medical Center and Copley Hospital. 

As the face of the laboratory, you will work with patients, families and other health care professionals in order to deliver quality patient care. Now more than ever is the time to join a healthcare team and be part of someone's life. Join our phlebotomy program and take the first step towards a rewarding and exciting career.

This course is taught by two fantastic instructors!

Don't let the price of the course stop you. There are plenty of funding opportunities:

1. VSAC's Advancement Grant. Call them at 800-642-3177 or email mcgovern@vsac.org. Ask for the grants department, you're not looking for a student loan. 

2. Department of Labor. Call (802) 524-6585 or Email Jason.Desrochers@vermont.gov or Nicholas.Reuter@vermont.gov  and say you're looking for money to enroll in a training program.

3. Hireability. Call 802-524-7950. Disability affects all of us eventually—whether we’re born with it, experience disability through illness, accident, or aging, or have a loved one or colleague with a disabling condition. And when disability gets in the way of productive work, that’s when HireAbility Vermont steps in.

4. You can always ask your employer if they have training funds.

Refund policy and other procedural information can be found here.