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Endoscopy Technicians

Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May obtain specimens.

Also called: Certified Endo Tech (Certified Endoscopy Technician), Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (CFER), Endoscopy Technician (Endoscopy Tech), GI Tech (Gastrointestinal Technician), Certified Endoscopic Reprocessor (CER), Certified Flexible Endoscopy Reprocessor (CFER), Endoscope Technician (Endoscope Tech), Endoscopy Specialty Technician (Endoscopy Specialty Tech).

O*NET 31-9099.02

At a glance

US median annual pay: $48,430; Middle half earn $39,470 to $59,710. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Most common education: High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED); 54% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
Preparation needed: Job Zone 2 of 5; Some preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.

What the work involves

The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.

Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards.
Collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures.
Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning.
Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment.
Assist physicians or registered nurses in the conduct of endoscopic procedures.
Place devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeter sensors, nasal cannulas, surgical cautery pads, and cardiac monitoring electrodes, on patients to monitor vital signs.
Prepare suites or rooms according to endoscopic procedure requirements.
Maintain inventories of endoscopic equipment and supplies.

Skills and knowledge it leans on

Skills

Reading Comprehension3.6 / 5
Active Listening3.6 / 5
Critical Thinking3.4 / 5
Writing3.1 / 5
Speaking3.1 / 5
Active Learning3.1 / 5

Knowledge areas

English Language3.9 / 5
Customer and Personal Service3.5 / 5
Medicine and Dentistry3.5 / 5
Education and Training3.4 / 5
Computers and Electronics3.3 / 5
Production and Processing3.0 / 5

Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.

Who tends to enjoy it

How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.

Realistic91
Investigative52
Artistic0
Social33
Enterprising1
Conventional69

The same work abroad

Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.

European occupation titles (ESCO)

orthoptist · DE Orthoptist/Orthoptistin · FR orthoptiste
medical device engineering technician · DE Techniker Medizintechnik/Technikerin Medizintechnik · FR technicien en ingénierie des dispositifs médicaux/technicienne en ingénierie des dispositifs médicaux
clinical perfusion scientist · DE Fachassistent Herz-Kreislauf-Funktionsdiagnostik/Fachassistentin Herz-Kreislauf-Funktionsdiagnostik · FR perfusionniste clinique
prosthetist-orthotist · DE Orthopädist Prothetik und Orthetik/Orthopädistin Prothetik und Orthetik · FR orthoprothésiste
prosthetic-orthotics technician · DE Orthopädietechnik-Mechaniker/Orthopädietechnik-Mechanikerin · FR technicien podo-orthésiste prothésiste/technicienne podo-orthésiste prothésiste
doctors' surgery assistant · DE Medizinischer Fachangestellter/Medizinische Fachangestellte · FR assistant en cabinet médical/assistante en cabinet médical

Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)

Optometrists (2252)18,900 employed
Precision instrument makers and repairers (5224)15,800 employed
Medical radiographers (2254)44,200 employed

Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.

Pay across Europe, for the whole group

Median annual earnings of all employees in “Technicians and associate professionals”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.

Median annual earnings, Technicians and associate professionals, by country
Country	Median pay
Belgium	€50,992
Austria	€46,986
Germany	€44,473
Netherlands	€42,448
Ireland	€41,613
Sweden	€41,155
Italy	€34,882
France	€34,816
Spain	€29,757
Portugal	€18,080
Poland	€12,108

Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.

Exposure to AI

This occupation sits in the middle third of the 774 occupations scored, with an exposure score of +0.17. The scores are standardized across those occupations, so 0 is the average and a score of 1 is about one standard deviation above it.

Our note on reading it: the dataset links AI applications to the abilities that occupations require, so the score reflects overlap between the two. It is a comparison between occupations, not a forecast about jobs. It does not say whether exposure means tasks are replaced or workers get more done with the tools, and it says little about one employer or one role.

Source: Felten, E., Raj, M., & Seamans, R. (2021). Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12), 2195-2217. Matched to this page by 6-digit SOC code (31-9099).

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