Prepares and maintains an operating theatre and its equipment, assists the surgical team during operations and provides support to patients in the recovery room.
Occupation description
Prepares and maintains an operating theatre and its equipment, assists the surgical team during operations and provides support to patients in the recovery room.
Operating Theatre Technician is a VETASSESS Group D occupation.
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate IV or higher.
Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in one of four ways.
* Your period of employment may have occurred prior to you completing the qualification at the required level. If this is the case, you must have at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level within the last five years. The remaining three years of pre-qualifying period may be within the last ten years.
A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment Outcome.
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate IV or higher.
Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in one of four ways.
* Your period of employment may have occurred prior to you completing the qualification at the required level. If this is the case, you must have at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level within the last five years. The remaining three years of pre-qualifying period may be within the last ten years.
A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment Outcome.
Qualification & Employment Criteria
Qualification
Relevant fields of study include:
- Certificate IV in Operating Theatre Technical Support (HILT47515)
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate IV or higher and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Employment Criteria
Tasks include but are not limited to:
- setting up, checking and maintaining operating theatres, anaesthetic workstations, life support machines and associated equipment
- transport patients to and from the theatre and wards
- assist in preparing operating rooms for surgery
- set up, check, connect and adjust surgical equipment
- provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses and anaesthetists
- clean and restock the operating room, arranging instruments, supplies and equipment according to instruction
- position patients for surgical and anaesthetic treatments
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