Top skills for Surgical Technologist jobs
Based on 422 active Surgical Technologist postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Surgical Technologist postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Supervision44%
- Life Support42%
- Aseptic Technique33%
- Draping27%
- Nursing24%
- Sponges24%
- Health Care21%
- Retractors17%
- Professional Development12%
- Labels11%
- Physiology11%
- Gowning11%
- Anatomy10%
- Staff Meetings10%
- Carts9%
- Human Anatomy9%
- Mechanics8%
- Sterility8%
- Dexterity8%
- Suctioning8%
- Sound Judgment8%
- Drainage7%
- Expediting7%
- Organizing7%
- Chemicals6%
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