NOC 32129 — Other medical technologists and technicians

TEER 2 · Technical / skilled trades (college or apprenticeship) · Eligible for Express Entry (CEC and FSWP)

Other medical technologists and technicians includes medical technologists and technicians, such as dietary technicians, ocularists, prosthetists, orthotists, prosthetic technicians and orthotic technicians. Dietary technicians are employed in health care and commercial food service establishments such as hospitals, extended care facilities, nursing homes, schools, cafeterias and fast food outlets. Ocularists are employed in custom ocular prosthetic laboratories, or they may be self-employed. Prosthetists, orthotists and prosthetic and orthotic technicians are employed in hospitals, clinics, prosthetics and orthotics laboratories, and prosthetic device manufacturing companies. Prosthetists and orthotists may also be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Main duties

Other medical technologists and technicians

Assist dietitians or nutritionists to plan and supervise food service operations
Plan menus and diet for individuals or groups under the direction of a dietitian or nutritionist
Assist in the supervision of personnel who prepare and serve food
Help patients select menu items
Assist dietitians with research in food, nutrition and food service systems.

Ocularists

Design, fabricate and fit ocular prostheses and conformers, and may design and fabricate implants
Paint the iris and pupil of artificial eyes
Clean and restore ocular prostheses
Advise patients concerning the loss of depth perception and the care and use of ocular prostheses
Repair and maintain fabrication and laboratory equipment
Consult with ophthalmologists concerning insertion of ocular prostheses.

Prosthetists and orthotists

Design, fabricate and fit prosthetic and orthotic appliances such as artificial limbs, braces or supports
Interpret physicians’ specifications and examine and measure patients to develop working sketches of appliances
Make and modify plaster casts of areas to receive prostheses or orthoses
Fit, adjust and repair appliances
Advise patients in the use and care of prostheses and orthoses
Supervise and direct the activities of prosthetic and orthotic technicians.

Prosthetic and orthotic technicians

Assemble or build prosthetic and orthotic appliances according to drawings, measurements and plaster casts using a variety of materials such as metals, plastics and leathers
Repair, rebuild and modify prosthetic and orthotic appliances or orthopaedic footwear
May take the body or limb measurements of patients.

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