Surgical technologists need to:

Communicate

• Understand spoken information.
• Listen to others and ask questions.
• Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
• Write clearly so other people can understand.
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• Read and understand work-related materials.
• Understand written information.

Reason and Problem Solve

• Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
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• Develop rules that group items in various ways.
• Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusions.
• Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
• Recognize the nature of a problem.
• Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
• Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them.

Use Math and Science

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide quickly and correctly.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

• Check how well one is learning or doing something.
• Manage the time of self and others.
• Obtain needed equipment, facilities, and materials and oversee their use.

Work with People

• Change behavior in relation to others’ actions.
• Be aware of others’ reactions and understand the possible causes.
• Look for ways to help people.
• Teach others how to do something.
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• Use several methods to learn or teach new things.

Work with Things

• Watch gauges, dials, and output to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Maintain equipment on a routine basis. Determine when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Operate and control equipment.

Perceive and Visualize

• Quickly and accurately compare letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns.
• Identify a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in distracting material.
• Imagine how something will look if it is moved around or its parts are rearranged.