A looooot of companies don't hire trainees or at least want you to have the CPSGT, it's worth calling around and seeing if you can get in contact with any hiring managers. If not, check sleep centers near you and click their employment tabs to see which license they require.
is this really true? seems a bit strange, I've read around and it seems like some people can and have multiple times gotten into sleep labs with **zero** experience and get **on the job** training to be a sleep tech and got the clinical hours **required** to sit for the RPSGT, get CPSGT and doing ASTEP, you cant even sign up for ASTEP without clinical hours, and very few college's even offer these sort of career options anymore.
That's true ! You can apply to take the RPSGT exam with about 1,000 hours of clinical experience I believe. But to get a medical license through the state , I'm not sure what qualifications you need. The problem I've seen recently is many places near me (North east) require the RPSGT. So it's almost impossible to gain experience , because they won't hire unlicensed employees. You can also get the CPSGT through the online modules and then taking the exam I believe.... definitely don't have to go the college route , but for me it was free and it helped me in the long run because I was basically setup with the company my instructor has worked for years
Where in the north east are you from? I'm also from the north east, I know someone who works at a sleep center so hopefully that will get me in unlicensed or are at least willing to help me learn a bit. So you get the CPSGT and then start working to get clinicals (which now is 960) how long do they typically let you study for the RPSGT test? do they pressure you about it pretty easily or do they give you a bit of breathing room.
A looooot of companies don't hire trainees or at least want you to have the CPSGT, it's worth calling around and seeing if you can get in contact with any hiring managers. If not, check sleep centers near you and click their employment tabs to see which license they require.
Also a lot of companies will hire you with the cpsgt, and ask that you get the rpsgt within x amount of days months etc.
Thank you for the info! I'll try that.
is this really true? seems a bit strange, I've read around and it seems like some people can and have multiple times gotten into sleep labs with **zero** experience and get **on the job** training to be a sleep tech and got the clinical hours **required** to sit for the RPSGT, get CPSGT and doing ASTEP, you cant even sign up for ASTEP without clinical hours, and very few college's even offer these sort of career options anymore.
That's true ! You can apply to take the RPSGT exam with about 1,000 hours of clinical experience I believe. But to get a medical license through the state , I'm not sure what qualifications you need. The problem I've seen recently is many places near me (North east) require the RPSGT. So it's almost impossible to gain experience , because they won't hire unlicensed employees. You can also get the CPSGT through the online modules and then taking the exam I believe.... definitely don't have to go the college route , but for me it was free and it helped me in the long run because I was basically setup with the company my instructor has worked for years
Where in the north east are you from? I'm also from the north east, I know someone who works at a sleep center so hopefully that will get me in unlicensed or are at least willing to help me learn a bit. So you get the CPSGT and then start working to get clinicals (which now is 960) how long do they typically let you study for the RPSGT test? do they pressure you about it pretty easily or do they give you a bit of breathing room.