Job description

Medical Equipment Preparers prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

• Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
• Clean instruments to prepare them for sterilization.
• Record sterilizer test results.
• Organize and assemble routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.

Salary

Medical Equipment Preparers with little to no experience tend to make between $25350 and $29590 while the more experienced ones can earn over $44750 per year.

One of the easiest ways to increase your salary as a Medical Equipment Preparer is to move to a higher paying state like CA. Right now, the highest paying states for Medical Equipment Preparers are CA, MA, AK, NV and HI.

However, a higher pay at CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the living expenses at CA might be twice as high than where you are currently at now.

Three other factors that can increase your salary as a Medical Equipment Preparer is the degree you hold, the industry you work in, and lastly the company you work for.

Requirements

We asked other Medical Equipment Preparers what degree they had when they got the job and most of them said they had a High School Diploma followed by a Post-Secondary Certificate.

Other than that, we also asked them what did they major in and here are the most popular majors that came up.

Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of being a Medical Equipment Preparer.

What is the job like

68% of Medical Equipment Preparers said they were satisfied with their job and 82% said they feel like their job is making other people’s lives better.

Is this right for me

You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suitable for this job tends to like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery..

They also like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas.

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