BTI Helps You Stand Out
Employers support BTI in many ways — by hiring our students and by donating time, dollars, and equipment. In return, they get well-qualified, top-notch talent.
Rigorous Selection, Rigorous Training
Our 16-week program (6 weeks of BioStart + 10 weeks of Lab Associates) prepares high school graduates to take on entry-level life sciences laboratory jobs. The program combines classroom instruction, hands-on training, and internships with a focus on making sure graduates have both the technical training and the skills needed to succeed in a laboratory job.
BTI’s hands-on training is geared towards excellence, starting with strict criteria for student selection. We hold our students to high standards of performance, attendance, and professionalism and work with them to ensure they meet their professional goals. Employers who hire BTI graduates are thrilled with their work ethic, skills, and professionalism.
We’ve Done the Hard Work for You
BTI saves companies time and money on recruiting and training personnel. Hiring BTI graduates results in measurable cost-savings due to lower salaries and lower turnover costs of our non-degreed but specially-skilled workers.
BTI provides well-trained, entry-level lab technicians to employers in the rapidly expanding life sciences sector. The Laboratory Associates Program at BTI is designed to develop well-qualified, GMP-ready, bioscience workers in an efficient and cost-effective manner. BTI offers a rigorous and relevant curriculum developed in partnership with life sciences employers. At BTI, students acquire first-hand knowledge of cGMP goals and rationale, sterile techniques, cleanroom gowning, and good documentation among other relevant laboratory skills. Our program allows graduates to step into professional lab jobs and be productive members of a life sciences team.
Benefits to Employers
Employers hiring BTI graduates typically see significant cost-savings due to lower turnover rates. And that’s because BTI graduates come to employers fully vetted —we’ve gotten to know our graduates over months of working closely together, and can vouch for their unique strengths and capabilities. Employers benefit from hiring job-ready workers who can hit the ground running.
Where Our Graduates Work
Actalent
BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc.
Catalent Biologics / Paragon Gene Therapy
Cloverland
Emergent BioSolutions
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
Intralytix, Inc.
Johns Hopkins Medical
Johns Hopkins University
Mercy
McCormick & Company, Inc.
Microbac Laboratories
Pii
Smith & Nephew
St. Agnes Hospital
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM)