How do they match: Medical Appliance Technicians

  • Construct, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices such as braces, orthotics and prosthetic devices, joints, arch supports, and other surgical and medical appliances.

  • Read prescriptions or specifications to determine the type of product or device to be fabricated and the materials and tools required.
  • Construct or receive casts or impressions of patients' torsos or limbs for use as cutting and fabrication patterns.
  • Take patients' body or limb measurements for use in device construction.

  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Construct customized assistive medical or dental devices.