Michael Blencowe, MIOT, CST, FAETC, EMT-P, LCGI

NJAST - Board Member

(Board Member since 2008)

Hi every one, Mick Blencowe here.  I have been a CST for quite a few years now. Initially I trained in the United Kingdom and qualified in 1978. From there I moved to the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia for 7 years.  I returned to the UK and went back to school to obtain a Further Adult Eucation Teachers Certificate.  While I was in the UK, I was part of a team that taught Operating Department Practice at Surrey University.  I came to the USA to be with my wife in 2001 and passed my CST examination in Sept 1991.

I am the new boy on the team so I'm learning all about NJAST.  I feel very strongly about CST's and believe we must all hold certification for starters and would eventually like to see us move onto having a Licence of our own.  I hope it comes quicker than it did in the UK, that took 30 years (no joke).

Your job as a Certified Surgical Technologist:

DO IT SKILLFULLY AND DO IT WELL.  DO NOT PERSUE PERSONAL AGENDAS AT THE COMPANY'S EXPENSE.

WORK HARD; PLAY FAIR.  REPRESENT YOUR EMPLOYER, YOUR FELLOW WORKERS, AND YOUR SELF WITH DIGNITY.

GIVE YOUR EMPLOYER MORE THAN THEIR MONEY'S WORTH.