Password Protected
Nope
Yep, that's right!
Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.6 - using precision instrumentation and equipment S8.6.1 - operating medical equipment Use venepuncture procedure equipment
Description
Make use of the instruments and tools such as tourniquet, alcohol wipes, gauze sponges, sterilized needles and syringes, adhesive bandages, gloves and evacuated collection tubes, used in the procedure for collecting blood from patients.
Occupations requiring this skill
This section is generated automatically.
Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 2 occupations
- Total: 3 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 3 (Technicians and associate professionals)
Essential for
- PhlebotomistPhlebotomists take blood samples from patients for laboratory analysis, ensuring patient safety during the blood collection process. They transport the specimen to the laboratory, …
Optional for
- Doctors’ surgery assistantDoctors' surgery assistants support doctors of medicine in medical measures, in performing simple support activities during medical procedures, standardised diagnostic programmes a…
- Anaesthetic technicianAnaesthetic technicians assist specialised doctors in anaesthetics. They prepare operating theatres and other specialised clinics for anaesthetic procedures, prepare the equipment …
Related skills
- Medical informatics
- Work in multidisciplinary health teams
- Empathise with the healthcare user
- Medical terminology
- Perform venepuncture procedures
- Ensure safety of healthcare users
- Techniques of blood-sampling
- Comply with legislation related to health care
- Collect biological samples from patients
- Monitor basic patients signs
- Human physiology
- Assist with hemostasis
Last updated on February 18, 2026
