From Surgical Technologists to …

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Typical skills in this occupation (O*NET)

Medicine and DentistryEnglish LanguageCustomer and Personal ServiceMonitoringEducation and TrainingActive ListeningOperations MonitoringService Orientation

1. Endoscopy Technicians

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   English Language, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Medicine and Dentistry, Customer and Personal Service, Education and Training

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Critical ThinkingComputers and ElectronicsSocial PerceptivenessWritingActive Learning

   8 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Assistant Professor of Public Health · California State University · Turlock, CA
   • Assistant or Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology · California State University · San Marcos, CA
   • Assistant Professor of Public Health · California State University · San Marcos, CA

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2. Medical Equipment Preparers

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Active Listening, Speaking

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Critical ThinkingBiologyQuality Control AnalysisProduction and ProcessingPublic Safety and Security

   1 live listing on JOBUS in California

   • Ceramics Equipment Technician · California State University · Los Angeles, CA

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3. Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   English Language, Medicine and Dentistry, Customer and Personal Service, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Education and Training

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   BiologyPhysicsComputers and ElectronicsMathematicsChemistry

   1 live listing on JOBUS in California

   • Radiologic Technologist II (Hourly/Intermittent) · California State University · Chico, CA

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4. Ophthalmic Medical Technicians

   Good match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Customer and Personal Service, Medicine and Dentistry, English Language, Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   MathematicsSocial PerceptivenessWritingActive LearningCritical Thinking

   4 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Health Technician · Veterans Health Administration · San Diego, CA
   • Health Technician (Ophthalmology) · Veterans Health Administration · Mather, CA
   • Health Technician (Ophthalmology) · Veterans Health Administration · Los Angeles, CA

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5. Histotechnologists

   Good match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Customer and Personal Service, Operations Monitoring, Active Listening

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   BiologyProduction and ProcessingChemistryCritical ThinkingActive Learning

   1 live listing on JOBUS in California

   • Cytotechnologist · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · San Diego, CA

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Occupation data: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. JOBUS modified the data for display.