Operating room technician

Duties and responsibilities:They are in charge of putting the gowns and gloves on the surgeon and surgical assistants. Scrub surgical technologists set up a sterile operating room environment and are responsible for maintaining that field. Their chief job is to make sure the patient has the best possible care throughout the surgery. They pretty much assist and provide what the main doctor needs. The tasks of a circulating surgical technologist include obtaining additional supplies, instruments and any equipment that is needed while a surgery is in progress. The role of the second assisting technologist is to help the surgeon and first assistant with various technical tasks during a surgery.

Salary:$45,940 for all surgical technologists

Education:Postsecondary non-degree award

Demand and need for this profession:this job has grown 15% for all surgical technologists since 2014 and will continue to do so all the way through 2024

Reflection: i think i would like to be in this profession, it sounds interesting and also because you get to be there throughout the surgery which is pretty cool. It really doesn’t take much to master this profession. By that i mean educationally, you assist the surgeon.