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EEG Technologist

Job Title:Electroencephalographic Technologist, EEG Technologist

What’s It Like?

Electroencephalographic technologists or EEG technologists are medical technologists who test the electrical activity in the brain. They use sensitive electronic equipment to test the function of the central and peripheral nervous systems. They work in the diagnostic department in hospitals, alongside other health care professionals.

EEG Technologists may:

• Work in hospitals, clinics, and other health care institutions
• Perform a wide variety of tests on patients
• Evaluate results to assess the performance of the test equipment
• Perform quality control procedures on equipment and basic calibration/maintenance functions

Money & Benefits

Wages – Public Sector

Designation	Hourly Rate
Entry Level	$23.78
Experienced (+5 years)	$34.64
Management (Senior)	$41.80

Benefits

As a member of the HSA (Health Services Association) EEG technologists receive excellent benefits.  Permanent part time and full time members receive medical and dental plans and may be entitled to educational leave and funding.

The private sector is competitive with the public sector.

Why We're Betting On This

• The Vancouver Island Health Authority(VIHA) expects to continue to need more people in this field
• Medical technologies are well paid, and have year round careers, with excellent benefits
• Jobs for medical technologists are expected to continue to increase in the central Vancouver Island region due to population growth and aging
• People who work in these jobs report that they find them both interesting and rewarding

Interested? Where to Start

Educational Requirements

To enter into an Electroneurophysiology Technology program, a high school diploma with an emphasis on English, math, physics, chemistry and biology is a great start. A prerequisite program in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is also required. Individuals wishing to enter this field should be interested in the welfare of people and have an aptitude for physics, and electrical and mechanical apparatuses.

The program is offered at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and is two years long, full-time, beginning in September of every second year (even numbered years only). After a period of work experience in a clinical situation, graduates are eligible to write the Technologist Registration examinations of the appropriate certifying body in their chosen fields of interest. Graduates generally find employment in the diagnostic departments of hospitals.

Educational Institutions

BCIT

www.bcit.ca/study/programs/5750diplt

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