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Healthcare & Human Services
- Annual Median Wage$ 46,750$36,660
$59,100Annual NC Wage Range
Growth Rate
Fast Growing
- Medical Appliance Technicians construct, fit, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices like braces, orthotics and prosthetic devices, joints, arch supports, and other surgical and medical appliances.
What do they typically do
- Teach patients how to use prosthetic or orthotic devices
- Fit appliances onto patients and make necessary adjustments
- Bend, form, and shape fabric or material to match prescribed contours of structural components
- Repair, modify, or maintain medical supportive devices like artificial limbs, braces, or surgical supports according to specifications
- Measure patients body or limb and to use this information in making the device
- Read prescriptions or specifications to determine what type of product or device to make and what materials and tools to use
- Construct or receive casts or impressions of patients' torsos or limbs to use as cutting and fabrication patterns
- Use hand or power tools and materials such as thermoplastic and thermosetting materials, metal alloys, and leather to make orthotic or prosthetic devices
Number of Jobs
Average AnnualJob Growth +0.5%Job Opening 53Education & Training
- Education Most occupations require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.Associated Programs or MajorsLicenseMore
NC Workforce CredentialsPrivate Training Programs426449Change 23