29-2055Surgical Technologists
Official English titleSurgical Technologists
Official English duty definition
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. Excludes “Surgical Assistants” (29-9093).
Classification parents
- Minor group
- Health Technologists and Technicians
29-2000 - Broad occupation
- Health Practitioner Support Technologists and Technicians
29-2050
Search site Skills with duty keywords
This sends English occupation keywords to the site Skill search. They are search clues, not a match, recommendation, or suitability guarantee.
Search site Skills with duty keywordsUseful keyword clues
This version does not yet provide occupation-by-occupation verified Skill mappings, so no mapped Skill count or coverage rate is claimed.
Open the practical profession hub
The practical profession hub is a separately curated learning entry, not a SOC occupation mapping.