Operating Room technician

Duties and responsibilities:

Operating room technicians also have a term surgical technologists. They help get the surgery room ready.  They are in charge of having all the surgical instruments that are used during the operation. They also can help the doctor by handing him the instruments as he is asking for them. & also they are responsible for counting sponges and needles before and after the surgery.  After the surgery is completed they take the patients to the recovery room.

Average Salary: $16,000-$22,000

Educational Requirements:

To become a Operating Room technician You need a high school diploma or GED Certificate. It is required. At the end of the training student MUST pass an examination by the association of surgical technologists and that way you become certified.

Reflection: No. I don’t think I would want to become a Operating room technician because I don’t want to work in a hospital. And not either seeing people operated. I don’t want to work in any job that is in the medical field.