Medical Equipment Preparers
Also called:
Sterile Processing Technician, Central Sterile Supply Technician (CSS Technician), Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST), Central Service Technician (CST)
What they do:
Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.
On the job, you would:
- Clean instruments to prepare them for sterilization.
- Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
- Organize and assemble routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.
Business
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
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Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- put together small parts with your fingers
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- order or arrange things
Visual Understanding
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
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People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Independence
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Self Control
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You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Word processing software
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high school diploma or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$30,820
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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