321403 - Prosthetic Technician Prepare and implement prosthetics manufacturing plan; install prosthetics; train patients on use thereof; maintain prosthetics; prepare and submit work reports
Main Tasks:
Study the case and physician’s recommendations; take measurements of the part to be prostheticated; determine the characteristics and specifications of materials used in prosthetics’ production.
Prepare sketches of prosthetics; compare measurements with prosthetics standard measurements; determine method of manufacturing and shaping aesthetic and functional prosthetics; prepare and shape prosthetics, brace and ligaments using tools and machining shaping plastic, wood and metal materials.
Install and fix aesthetic and functional prosthetics as well as manufactured and readymade brace and ligaments.
Train patients on using prosthetics, ligaments and brace; dismantle, install and take care thereof; implement maintenance of prosthetics according to program.
Prepare, submit, document and archive work’s reports.
Educational Level:
Educational Field:
Medical diagnostic and treatment technology
Skills:
Technical skills:
Artificial limb manufacture (orthopaedic engineering)
