There are a number of benefits to this fast-paced professional path:

New challenges every day

This is a job where you definitely won’t get bored. Every day presents new situations for you to apply your skills. There are always new patients to work with. Every surgery is unique, so there will be different outcomes to prepare for. At any time there may be an emergency, or the surgeon may ask you for a special instrument. The doctors and nurses you work with are also likely to change. These factors can keep things interesting!

Using Your Hands

A hands-on job in an operating room can be exciting. Although you have routine responsibilities, you get to observe surgeons and nurses working during each procedure. Helping to explain procedures to patients can also be interesting and satisfying work. All of these activities are likely to keep you active, alert, and engaged, even during some surgeries that are very long.

Chances to advance your training

There may be options in this career for you to do additional, specialized training. You might want to seek additional training to become a cranial or cardiac surgical technician. In addition, as a surgical tech, your skills are portable. Hospitals and surgical centers throughout the country have surgical technicians on staff.