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3.3 KiB

Competences — anaesthetic technician

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/16e65196-3449-4c88-b379-0aa98f43db2b).

Essential

  • administer anaesthetics to patients (skill/competence)
  • anaesthetics (knowledge)
  • assess patients after surgery (skill/competence)
  • biophysics (knowledge)
  • communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
  • comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
  • conduct preoperative investigations (skill/competence)
  • deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
  • dispose medical waste (skill/competence)
  • emergency medicine (knowledge)
  • emergency surgery (knowledge)
  • empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
  • ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • ensure the positioning of the patient for surgery (skill/competence)
  • first aid (knowledge)
  • human anatomy (knowledge)
  • human physiology (knowledge)
  • infection control (knowledge)
  • intensive care medicine (knowledge)
  • maintain anaesthetic machinery (skill/competence)
  • manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
  • manage infection control in the facility (skill/competence)
  • medical informatics (knowledge)
  • monitor basic patients signs (skill/competence)
  • monitor patients during surgery (skill/competence)
  • monitor stock level (skill/competence)
  • order supplies for anaesthesia services (skill/competence)
  • pharmacology (knowledge)
  • professional documentation in health care (knowledge)
  • resuscitation (knowledge)
  • sterilization techniques (knowledge)
  • surgery (knowledge)
  • surgical asepsis (knowledge)
  • tolerate stress (skill/competence)
  • undertake healthcare examination (skill/competence)
  • work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)

Optional

  • arrange surgery operating site (skill/competence)
  • assist in epilepsy surgery (skill/competence)
  • assist with hemostasis (skill/competence)
  • demonstrate technical skills during neurological surgery (skill/competence)
  • endoscopy (knowledge)
  • instruct on allergic reactions to anaesthetics (skill/competence)
  • manage acute pain (skill/competence)
  • manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia (skill/competence)
  • manage trauma through surgical means (skill/competence)
  • medical terminology (knowledge)
  • perform bronchoscopy (skill/competence)
  • perform eye surgery (skill/competence)
  • perform reconstructive microsurgery (skill/competence)
  • perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures (skill/competence)
  • perform venepuncture procedures (skill/competence)
  • positions for surgical procedures (knowledge)
  • radiation protection (knowledge)
  • spine surgery (knowledge)
  • techniques of blood-sampling (knowledge)
  • use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
  • use venepuncture procedure equipment (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 62 ads, as of 2026-07-08)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Responsibilities

  • equipment maintenance — 19 %