Vocational Programs for Medical Equipment Preparers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
67K	$22.79	$47,410

The role of Medical Equipment Preparers is to prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment. The average annual wage of the occupations is $47,410 and $23 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Medical Equipment Preparers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 66,790 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Medical Equipment Preparers is $14,770. The average length of the programs is 362 hours and the average completion time is 9.14 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Medical Equipment Preparers Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Medical Equipment Preparers. Total 92 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Medical Equipment Preparers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Sterile Processing Technology/Technician	92	$14,770	$770	362 Hours	9.14 Months

Schools offering voational programs for Medical Equipment Preparers

The following 92 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Medical Equipment Preparers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.