SOC 29-2055: Surgical Technologists
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons’ assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
Part of 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 29-2000 Health Technologists and Technicians 29-2050 Health Practitioner Support Technologists and Technicians
SOC 29-2055 links to 3 CIP 2020 programs in the NCES and BLS crosswalk.
- 3CIP 2020 programs
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Questions about this crosswalk
Which programs match SOC 29-2055?
SOC 29-2055 links to 3 CIP 2020 programs in the NCES and BLS crosswalk. The match list on this page links each program.
Does this crosswalk show which degree a worker needs?
No. A SOC to CIP match lists instructional programs related to the occupation. It does not say which credential a worker holds, and it is not an employment count.
Official crosswalk: NCES and BLS, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018. NCES CIP 2020.