IntroductionThe incursion of professional surgical instrument technicians as instructors of asepsis and antisepsis procedures in various sociocultural contexts such as tattoo, piercing and body modification settings is based on virtual teaching and learning TIC and OVA. ObjectiveTo analyze the results of a research on OVA as a pedagogical virtual tool to develop competencies in a group of tattoo, piercing and body alteration artists. MethodologyThe analysis started on phase II as the design of a teaching resource promoted by surgical instrument technicians of the FUCS, for the workers of a tattoo parlor in Bogotá. Thirty-six articles and documents were reviewed. The search was performed using Scielo, Lilacs, OMS, OPS, PubMed and academic Google databases. ResultsOVA as a virtual pedagogical tool for competency development, is a teaching and learning option which transcends and breaks current education paradigms; it constitutes a pedagogical strategy for tattoo, piercing and body alteration artists. The incursion of surgical instrument technicians in diverse settings is described. ConclusionsContinuous educational development has led to the current use of OVA as a competency-based pedagogical tool representing a fundamental pillar to facilitate the development of educational projects in the future.