You can go to
www.ascp.org for more information
Most
Medical Technologists have Bachelor degrees and get licensed from ASCP. American Society of Clinical Pathologists.
Certification of Medical Technologist MT(ASCP)
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes:
Route 1: A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university including courses in biological science, chemistry and mathematics AND successful completion of a NAACLS accredited Medical Technologist program, OR
Route 2: MLT(ASCP) certification AND a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university, including 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of biological science (with one semester in microbiology), 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of chemistry (with one semester in organic or biochemistry), one semester (one quarter) of mathematics, AND two years of full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology and Clinical Microscopy within the last ten years. At least one year must be under the supervision of a pathologist (certified by the American Board of Pathology or eligible) or an appropriately board certified medical scientist and a certified medical technologist, OR
Route 3: *CLA(ASCP) certification, AND a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university, including 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of biological science (with one semester in microbiology), 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of chemistry (with one semester in organic or biochemistry), one semester (one quarter) of mathematics, AND four years of full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology and Clinical Microscopy within the last ten years. At least two years must be under the supervision of a pathologist (certified by the American Board of Pathology or eligible) or an appropriately board certified medical scientist and a certified medical technologist, OR
Route 4: A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university, including 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of biological science (with one semester in microbiology), 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of chemistry (with one semester in organic or biochemistry), one semester (one quarter) of mathematics, AND five years of full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology and Clinical Microscopy within the last ten years. At least two years must be under the supervision of a pathologist (certified by the American Board of Pathology or eligible) or an appropriately board certified medical scientist and a certified medical technologist.
The other is for
Medical Laboratroy Technicians. They usually have an associate degree.
Certification of Medical Laboratory Technician, MLT(ASCP)
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes:
Route 1: Associate degree or at least 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of academic credit from a regionally accredited college/university, AND successful completion of a NAACLS accredited MLT program and courses in biology and chemistry, OR
Route 2: Associate degree or at least 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of academic credit from a regionally accredited college/university, including 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) of biology and 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) of chemistry AND *CLA(ASCP) certification, OR
Route 3: Associate degree or at least 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of academic credit from a regionally accredited college/university, including 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) of chemistry and 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) of biology AND successful completion of a 50 week U.S. military medical laboratory training course, OR
Route 4: Associate degree or at least 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of academic credit from a regionally accredited college/university, including 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) of chemistry and 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) of biology AND three years of full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology, and Clinical Microscopy within the last ten years. At least two years must be under the supervision of a pathologist (certified by the American Board of Pathology or eligible) or an appropriately certified medical scientist and a certified medical technologist.
You must write a National Certifying Exam. Also some states require you to be licensed through the state too. There are many jobs available. A lot of Lab Professional Magazines have listings (like the Medical Laboratory Observer and Advance magazine) and if you do a search in any job search engine ex monster.com or america job bank , etc there are tons of jobs.