psychiatric aide technician

Psychiatric Aide-Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Psychiatric aides and technicians help care for mentally ill, disabled, or infirm people who are confined to hospitals, mental facilities, and residential care facilities.  They work under the supervision of mental health professionals or nurses.  They often work in hospitals, social service centers, crisis centers, schools, and substance abuse facilities.  Psychiatric technicians usually have more formal training and responsibilities than aides. 

Average Salary: $12,000 - $24,000

Educational Requirement: Psychiatric aides need not always have a high school diploma or formal training; however most employers prefer that they do.

Psychiatric technicians need a high school diploma and should have taken courses in English and science.

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Do you think you would like to be one?

Maybe because I would like to help people that are sick and make them feel better.

pharmacy technician

Pharmacy Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Pharmacy Technicians work in pharmacies under the direction of a pharmacist.  Their main responsibility is filling prescriptions according to doctors' orders for patients.  Technicians measure out correct amounts of medication from larger containers to prescription size containers.  In addition, they add drugs to intravenous solutions.  All of their prescription filling work is rechecked by a pharmacist before medications are dispensed to patients or customers.

Average Salary: $15,000 - $25,000

Educational Requirement: Students should take math, science (especially chemistry), and typing courses in high school. A high school diploma is usually required to begin pharmacy technician training.  Two year courses leading to certificates are available at most community colleges.

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Do you think you would like to be one?

No because for me doing medicine or making it is too complicated and I don’t want to mess up.

operating room technician

Operation Room Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: They assist in preparing operating rooms for surgery.  They are responsible for having surgical instruments, sterile bandages and linens, needed fluids, and other equipment ready for the operation.  They may also assist doctors by handing them needed instruments during surgery and for counting sponges and needles before and after the operation.  They deliver specimens to hospital laboratories for analysis, and after operations they take patients to the recovery room.

Average Salary: $16,000-$22,000

Educational Requirement: A high school diploma or GED certificate is required.  Many vocational and junior colleges offer programs in operating room technology, and training may also be taken at large hospitals.  Programs vary between one year to two years.  Students receive training in medical terminology, physiology, and sterilization methods.  At the end of the training period students must pass an examination by the Association of Surgical Technologists to become certified.

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Do you think you would like to be one?

I say no because I don’t want to mess up in one surgery part because that person may die in one bad move so no.