Course Overview
The Diploma in Perioperative Theatre Technology – Level 6 provides advanced, comprehensive training for learners preparing to work in surgical and perioperative environments. The program equips students with in-depth knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, perioperative care processes, surgical procedures, patient safety, infection prevention, and operating theatre coordination.
Learners gain hands-on skills in the preparation, management, and maintenance of theatre instruments, equipment, and operating room systems. The course emphasizes preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care, surgical team support, theatre safety, and adherence to medical-legal and ethical standards.
Graduates are trained to support surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals in delivering safe, efficient, and high-quality surgical care within hospital operating theatres.
Why Study This Course at GoCare?
Fully accredited and licensed medical and health sciences training institution.
Competency-based TVET CDACC curriculum aligned with national perioperative standards.
Advanced hands-on clinical training in real operating theatres, recovery rooms, and sterilization units.
Guaranteed hospital attachment placement with supervised perioperative rotations.
Government and regulator-recognized qualifications, certification, and practice licensure.
Practicing license eligibility under the Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority (KHPOA).
Highly experienced perioperative and surgical-theatre faculty.
Modern simulation labs for instrument handling, aseptic techniques, and theatre workflow.
High employability across surgical, perioperative, and specialized medical facilities.
Entry Requirements
KCSE Mean Grade C (Plain) and above, or Certificate in Perioperative Theatre Technology Level 5.
What You Will Learn (Units of Competence)
- Digital Literacy
- Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Prevention of Nosocomial Infections
- Provision of First Aid Services
- Communication Skills
- Common Diseases
- Execution of Perioperative Theatre Safety Precautions
- Work Ethics and Practices
- Medical-Legal Ethics in POTT
- Provision of Perioperative Theatre Technical Services
- Basic Hospital Procedures
- Entrepreneurial Skills
- Maintenance of Perioperative Theatre Instruments and Apparatus
- Provision of Health Education and Promotion Services
- Participation in Perioperative Theatre Clinical Services
- Provision of Psychosocial Health Support Services
- Execution of Perioperative Theatre Administrative Services
- Management of Perioperative Theatre Resources
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Diploma in Perioperative Theatre Technology – Level 6 are highly sought after and can work in hospitals, medical centres, surgical theatres, specialized surgical units, healthcare facilities, medical equipment and instrument companies, and surgical tools and equipment manufacturing industries.
- Perioperative Theatre Technician / Technologist
- Surgical Technologist
- Operating Room Assistant
- Anaesthetist Assistant
- Operating Theatre Equipment Technician
- Theatre Support Specialist
- Surgical Instrument Technician
This qualification opens doors to diverse opportunities in the medical and healthcare industry.