One of the most important accomplishments a person can obtain is earning a phlebotomy certification because this can be used in moving up the career ladder and a stepping stone in opening up one’s career horizons especially in the medical field. For other medical related fields because this certification is very easy to acquire and can be taken in any State in the country, several individuals work as phlebotomist to earn income even if they are still finishing school. Persons who are interested to receive the certification, a standard process is followed which requires any one to apply for a program that takes about five months to complete and exceeds more than classroom meet ups or lectures. Students will practice extracting blood and along with this they are required for a two week clinical training once in the program, a student will not only join lecture classes but also laboratory workshops. With only one rotation required and on this clinical exposure students will be required to perform a certain number of successful blood extractions, the student will be exposed to work in a doctor’s clinic, nursing home, hospital, or a lab for forty hours each week. With a passing rate or better and after completing all classroom, laboratory, and clinical hours a student will get a certification for the course attended but this does not mean that one is already a certified phlebotomist because a certification test will still be taken. As soon as you pass the phlebotomy certification test, you will be given a card indicating your name and a statement that you are a certified phlebotomist which will be needed when applying for work as part of your credentials. Even after passing the certification, there will be continuing courses to attend in order to get updated of the trends in the field of phlebotomy which is required by most states.