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Overview
Surgical instrument makers create, repair and design clamps, graspers, cutters, scopes, probes and other instruments used in surgery, often through precise metalworking.
In job descriptions, look for stainless steel, forging, lathes, drilling, polishing, precision measuring equipment, medical device materials and conformity to specifications.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
This is precision workshop work around surgical tools. The maker shapes, assembles, repairs and sometimes designs instruments where small dimensions, smooth surfaces and reliable movement are central.
Skills and specializations
Important depth includes stainless steel, hot and cold forging, drilling, lathes, metal polishing, precision measurement and conformity to specifications. Medical device materials can matter in more specialized shops.
Salary context
Pay is affected by the level of precision, design input, repair responsibility and whether the work covers ordinary metal parts or regulated medical-device components. Inspection and specification work usually raise expectations.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior precision mechanic work, medical-device manufacturing, repair of surgical devices, calibration work or production quality roles.
Good to know
Ask which instruments are made or repaired, how tolerances are checked, which machines are used daily and whether the role includes design changes or only workshop execution.
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This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Alternative labels
surgical device repairer
medical instrument assembler
surgical device designer
medical instrument design technician
surgical instrument technician
medical instrument technician
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surgical instrument design technician
surgical instrument repairer
surgical device technician
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surgical instrument assembler
surgical device design technician
Occupation group
Precision-instrument makers and repairers (7311)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bca063d2-a904-45db-b3f4-0fd7e681753e |
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| ESCO code | 7311.5 |
| ISCO group | 7311 |
| Concept type | Occupation |