Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type ___
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 02. Architecture
and Construction. Work Group: 02.04. Construc-
tion Crafts. Other Jobs in! is Work Group: Boil-
ermakers; Brickmasons and Blockmasons; Carpet
Installers; Cement Masons and Concrete Finish-
ers; Commercial Divers; Construction Carpenters;
Crane and Tower Operators; Drywall and Ceiling
Tile Installers; Electricians; Fence Erectors; Floor
Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles; Floor
Sanders and Finishers; Glaziers; Hazardous Mate-
rials Removal Workers; Insulation Workers, Floor,
Ceiling, and Wall; Insulation Workers, Mechanical;
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Install-
ers; Operating Engineers and Other Construc-
tion Equipment Operators; Painters, Construction
and Maintenance; Paperhangers; Paving, Surfac-
ing, and Tamping Equipment Operators; Pile-Driver
Operators; Pipe Fitters and Steamfi tters; Pipelayers;
Plasterers and Stucco Masons; Plumbers; Plumb-
ers, Pipefi tters, and Steamfi tters; Rail-Track Laying
and Maintenance Equipment Operators; Refrac-
tory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons; Rein-
forcing Iron and Rebar Workers; Riggers; Roofers;
Rough Carpenters; Security and Fire Alarm Systems
Installers; Segmental Pavers; Stone Cutters and Carv-
ers, Manufacturing; Stonemasons; Structural Iron
and Steel Workers; Tapers; Terrazzo Workers and
Finishers; Tile and Marble Setters.
Skills: Installation; Repairing; Equipment Main-
tenance; Mathematics; Technology Design; Equip-
ment Selection; Troubleshooting; Coordination.
Education and Training Program: Sheet Metal
Te c h n o l o g y/S h e e t w o r k i n g. Related Knowledge/
Courses: Building and Construction; Mechanical
Devices; Physics; Design; Production and Process-
ing; Mathematics.
Work Env ironment : Noisy; contaminants; hazard-
ous equipment; minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings;
standing; using hands on objects, tools, or controls.
Surgical Technologists
! Personality Code: RSC
! Education/Training Required:
Postsecondary vocational training
! Annual Earnings: $37,540
! Beginning Wage: $26,650
! Earnings Growth Potential: Low
! Growth: 24.5%
! Annual Job Openings: 15,365
! Self-Employed: 0.2%
! Part-Time: 20.8%Assist in operations under the supervision of sur-
geons, registered nurses, or other surgical person-
nel. May help set up operating rooms; prepare and
transport patients for surgery; adjust lights and
equipment; pass instruments and other supplies
to surgeons and surgeons’ assistants; hold retrac-
tors; cut sutures; and help count sponges, needles,
supplies, and instruments. Count sponges, needles,
and instruments before and after operations. Main-
tain a proper sterile fi eld during surgical procedures.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and sur-
geons’ assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and
perform other tasks as directed by surgeons during
operations. Prepare patients for surgery, including
positioning patients on operating tables and cover-
ing them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent expo-
sure. Scrub arms and hands and assist surgical teams
to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical cloth-
ing. Wash and sterilize equipment, using germi-
cides and sterilizers. Monitor and continually assess
operating room conditions, including needs of the
patient and surgical team. Prepare dressings or ban-
dages and apply or assist with their application fol-
lowing surgeries. Clean and restock operating rooms,
gathering and placing equipment and supplies and
arranging instruments according to instructions
such as those found on a preference card. Operate,
assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suc-
tion machines, and diagnostic equipment to ensure
proper operation. Prepare, care for, and dispose of tis-
sue specimens taken for laboratory analysis. Provide