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Healthcare

How to become a Sterile Processing Technician

Starting from no experience. Here is the whole route — what each step is, roughly how long it takes, and the credential it earns you.

Time to get there
4–8 months
Typical pay
$38k–$50k
Starting from
No experience
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The steps

  1. 1

    Take a sterile processing course

    Decontamination, assembly, sterilisation, and the tracking paperwork.

    4–6 months

    Course that covers thisCSPDT Exam Prep: 2026 Sterile Processing Practice TestsUdemy · around $19.99 →
  2. 2

    Log your hands-on hours

    HSPA wants 400 hours; some programs build them in, otherwise you work provisionally.

    3–6 months

  3. 3

    Sit the CRCST exam

    The credential most hospitals now require rather than prefer.

    CRCST (HSPA)

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