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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
83 skills listed by ESCO, 34 of them essential. 83 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 83, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| adhere to organisational guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise customers on hearing aids | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| advise on rehabilitation exercises | skill | essential | 3 |
| answer patients' questions | skill | essential | 3 |
| archive healthcare users' records | skill | essential | 3 |
| biomechanics | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect healthcare user's general data | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate in healthcare | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| comply with legislation related to health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to continuity of health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to the rehabilitation process | skill | essential | 3 |
| create lifecasts | skill | essential | 3 |
| design medical supportive devices | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure safety of healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| health, safety and hygiene legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| human anatomy | skill | essential | 3 |
| hygiene in a health care setting | skill | essential | 3 |
| instruct patients on supportive devices | skill | essential | 3 |
| interact with healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| kinetics | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain laboratory equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain records of clients' prescriptions | skill | essential | 3 |
| modify lifecasts | skill | essential | 3 |
| order supplies for audiology services | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform technical tasks with great care | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| produce impressions for ear moulds | skill | essential | 3 |
| prosthetic devices | skill | essential | 3 |
| record healthcare users' progress related to treatment | skill | essential | 3 |
| rehabilitation | skill | essential | 3 |
| repair hearing aids | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of audiological equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| use of specialised instruments in otorhinolaryngology | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 2 |
| acoustics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| adapt hearing tests | skill | desirable | 2 |
| adjust hearing aids | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist audiologists with screening | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist patients with rehabilitation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| communication related to hearing impairment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop therapeutic relationships | skill | desirable | 2 |
| empathise with the healthcare user | skill | desirable | 2 |
| finish prosthetic-orthotic devices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| first aid | skill | desirable | 2 |
| geriatrics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hearing aids | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hearing loss | skill | desirable | 2 |
| human ear | skill | desirable | 2 |
| human physiology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| identify patients' medical records | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manipulate plastic | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manipulate wood | skill | desirable | 2 |
| medical informatics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| medical terminology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| modify casts for prostheses | skill | desirable | 2 |
| orthopaedic conditions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| orthopaedic goods industry | skill | desirable | 2 |
| orthopaedics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| orthotics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pathology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pedorthics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform a prosthetic examination of the patient | skill | desirable | 2 |
| physiology of hearing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| place orders for orthopedic products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare audiologist patients for assessments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prosthetic-orthotic device materials | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide health education | skill | desirable | 2 |
| recommend hearing aids | skill | desirable | 2 |
| recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition | skill | desirable | 2 |
| recommend orthotic devices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| record data from biomedical tests | skill | desirable | 2 |
| refer healthcare users | skill | desirable | 2 |
| repair orthopedic goods | skill | desirable | 2 |
| repair prosthetic-orthotic devices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| respond to changing situations in health care | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| test prosthetic-orthotic devices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| types of orthopedic supplies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use e-health and mobile health technologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use special hearing equipment for tests | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work in multidisciplinary health teams | skill | desirable | 2 |