Medical Equipment Preparers:

Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

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About the Job


Indiana Average Salary $32,640.00
Average Time to Fill 36 days
Typical Education High school equivalency
Typical Experience Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
10 Year Projected Openings (2016-2026) 1,968
10 Year Expected Percentage Change (2016-2026) 5.66 %

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Skills Profile



Essential (Soft) Skills

Essential Skills to Employers

Attention to Detail
Resource Allocation
Work Ethic
Integrity
Written Communication

Top Job Duties and Responsibilities

Handling and Moving Objects

Set-up production equipment or machinery
Set-up medical oxygen equipment
Set-up dental equipment
Set-up laboratory or field equipment
Prepare medical instruments or equipment for use
Prepare medical treatment room
Prepare surgical supplies or equipment
Set-up patient care equipment
Sterilize laboratory, medical, or veterinary equipment or instruments
Assemble equipment or components
Adjust medical or medical laboratory equipment

Monitoring and Controlling Resources

Stock medical or patient care supplies
Maintain parts or equipment inventory
Maintain inventory of office supplies
Order medical or medical support supplies, materials, and equipment
Requisition stock, materials, supplies or equipment
Inventory medical supplies or instruments
Maintain travel expense accounts
Purchase housekeeping or cleaning supplies or equipment
Issue supplies, materials, or equipment


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Booster Skills & Certifications

Job Seekers possessing booster skills & certifications, such as those listed below, added to core skills are more marketable, harder to find and expensive to hire.

Hard to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be hard to fill. These skills and certifications make a job seeker more in demand because the skills are not widely available.

Expensive to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be expensive to fill. Job seekers with these skills and certifications are likely to earn more money.

Skill or Certification Certi - fication Hard to Fill Expensive to Fill
Infection Control
Occupational Health and Safety
Quality Assurance and Control
Calibration
Certified Sterile Processing Technician
Inventory Management
Driver's License
Perioperative
Acute Care



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