Skills
58 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
16 skills
Essential skills / competences
21 skills
Optional knowledge
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Optional skills / competences
15 skills
Overview
Anaesthetic technicians prepare operating rooms and anaesthesia equipment, support induction and maintenance of anaesthesia, monitor patients during procedures and help with post-anaesthesia care under medical supervision.
In job descriptions, look for operating theatre preparation, anaesthetic machinery, infection control, patient positioning, vital signs, emergency care, surgical asepsis, healthcare documentation and supervised clinical work.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Work is close to operating theatres, anaesthesia rooms and recovery routines. The technician prepares anaesthetic machinery, positions patients, supports induction and monitoring, handles infection control and records clinical information under medical direction.
Skills and specializations
Key areas include anaesthetics, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, surgical asepsis, sterilization, resuscitation, vital-sign monitoring and emergency care. Some roles add acute pain, bronchoscopy, blood sampling or specialist surgery support.
Salary context
Salary context depends on theatre complexity, emergency duties, patient monitoring responsibility, shift pattern, intensive-care exposure, specialist procedures and documentation accountability. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Development can move from supervised theatre preparation to advanced anaesthesia support, recovery care, emergency response, specialist surgical teams, training duties or coordination of anaesthetic equipment routines.
Good to know
Read adverts for supervision model, operating theatre type, anaesthetic machinery, on-call or shift work, patient groups, infection-control duties, emergency procedures, documentation systems and post-anaesthesia responsibilities.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified (3259)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/16e65196-3449-4c88-b379-0aa98f43db2b |
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| ESCO code | 3259.1 |
| ISCO group | 3259 |
| Concept type | Occupation |