Classification note
- Published code: 3214
- Hierarchy level: unit-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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Occupation hierarchy
- Major Group: 3 Technicians and Associate Professionals
- Sub Major Group: 32 Health Associate Professionals
- Minor Group: 321 Medical and Pharmaceutical Technicians
- Unit Group: 3214 Medical and Dental Prosthetic Technicians
Child groups
- No child groups are published under this code.
TSIC codes where this occupation is primary
- No primary TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
- No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
Definition
Medical and dental prosthetic technicians design, fit, service and repair medical and dental devices and appliances following prescriptions or instructions established by a health professional. They may service a wide range of support instruments to correct physical medical or dental problems such as neck braces, orthopaedic splints, artificial limbs, hearing aids, arch supports, dentures, and dental crowns and bridges.
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) examining, interviewing, and measuring patients in order to determine their appliance needs, and to identify factors that could affect appliance fit; (b) conferring with medical and dental practitioners in order to formulate specifications and prescriptions for devices and appliances; (c) interpreting prescriptions or specifications to determine the type of product or device to be fabricated, and the materials and tools that will be required; (d) making or receiving casts or impressions of patients’ torsos, limbs, mouths or teeth for use as fabrication patterns; (e) designing and making orthotic and prosthetic devices using materials such as thermoplastic and thermosetting materials, metal alloys and leather, and hand and power tools; (f) fitting appliances and devices onto patients, testing and evaluating them, and making adjustments for proper fit, function and comfort; (g) repairing, modifying and maintaining medical and dental prosthetic and supportive devices, according to specifications; (h) bending, forming, and shaping fabric or material so that it conforms to prescribed contours needed to fabricate structural components; (i) fabricating full and partial dentures and constructing mouth guards, crowns, metal clasps, inlays, bridgework and other aids; (j) instructing patients in the use and care of prosthetic or orthotic devices.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of the occupations classified here: - Dental mechanic - Dental technician - Denturist - Orthopaedic appliance maker - Orthotic technician - Orthotist - Prosthetic technician - Prosthetist
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Dental aide - 5329 - Surgical instrument maker - 7311
Notes
Occupations included in this category normally require some medical, dental and anatomical and engineering knowledge obtained through formal training. Technicians who construct and repair precision medical and surgical instruments are not included here.
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 7311