Free Online Laboratoire Courses

1. ISO/IEC 17025:2017 - Laboratory Management Systems

This is a highly in-demand course for those wanting to run an accurate calibration laboratory in relation to ISO/IEC 17025:2017.

2. ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories' Quality Assurance & Competence

Another ISO-based course that is very popular with Alison learners who want to work in medical labs with high standards and competencies.

3. An Introduction to Good Lab Practices

This course unpacks GLP and explains the importance of keeping a laboratory notebook as well as what a comprehensive MSDS (material safety data sheet) should contain.

1. Diploma in Phlebotomy

A qualified phlebotomist often works in a diagnostic lab as a specialist who draws patients’ blood samples for testing. This is an extremely popular theoretical course.

2. Microbiology Laboratory Technician 

This concise course gives a basic breakdown of micro-organisms and microbes and explains what different tools in the lab are used for.

3. A Guide to Becoming a Laboratory Technician

Recommended for anyone who works in various clinical labs, this short course unpacks everything from the sections of a modern lab to methods of sterilisation and decontamination.

This is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) career, so it would be an advantage to enrol in as many free courses in those fields as you can:

• Mathematics
• Molecular biology
• Chemistry
• Anatomy
• Medicine
• Drugs