Operating Room Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Operating technician are also called surgical technicians. They assist in preparing operating rooms. They are responsible for having sterile bandages and linens, need fluids, and other equipment’s to be ready for the operation room. They also assist doctors by handing them the needed equipment. They also deliver tools to hospitals labs for analysis, and after operations to take them to recovery room. 

Salary: $16,000-$22,000

Education:

For this job you need a high school diploma or a GED. You may go to junior colleges offering programs in operating room technology and they may also take at a large hospital. Programs may take between one year to two years. Students receive training in a medical physiology and sterilization methods. At the end of the training they must pass an examination by the Association of Surgical Technologists to become certified.

Reflection:

I would love to be an operational room technician because it’s in the doctor field. Also because I think my sister works in surgery doctor assistant.