Operating Room Technicians

Duties and Responsibilities: Surgeons and nurses supervise technicians work. The majority of certified technicians are employed in hospitals, but some work in outpatient health centers. Certified technicians function in non-sterile and sterile capacities by creating an optimal environment. Some work in ambulatory surgical care centers and in the offices of doctors and dentists.

Salary: $45,940 per year

Education: They need to be graduated from an accredited surgical technology program to become certified. Surgical technology programs can be 9-15 month certificate or diploma programs or two year associate degree programs. They also need medical training in anatomy,physiology, and pharmacology.

Demand for this profession: medical technology has made surgery safer, and more operations are being done to treat a variety of illnesses and injuries.

I would like to be one because it has to do with surgery but i would like to do more than just working with tools.