Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a sterile services technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sterile services technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Sterile services technicians ensure decontamination of medical devices in compliance with strict hygienic procedures. They dismantle and re-assemble sophisticated medical equipment through sterilising, cleaning, and repackaging it for further usage, under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine or other qualified medical personnel.

Service and sales workers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: anatomical pathology technician, 40%

anatomical pathology technici… 40% covered cytotechnologist 32% covered phlebotomist 31% covered clinical coder 30% covered front line medical receptioni… 29% covered sterile services technici… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from sterile services technician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sterile services technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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sterile services technician is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sterile services technician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.