Central supply aides collect and sort soiled supplies and instruments from hospital departments; operate machines to clean, reprocess, and sterilize these supplies; and assemble packs of sterile supplies / instruments.

To be an elemental medical and hospital assistant, you need some secondary school education. You require on-the-job training. Some employers may require health care courses or short-term college programs related to your area of work. Many recent entrants have a trade / vocational certificate or community college diploma, and almost 1 in 5 has an undergraduate university degree.