Dental Laboratory Technicians → Medical Appliance Technicians
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14 points lower. This is an evidence-backed lower-exposure path based on the current occupation scores.
80% modeled skills overlap. The exposure label uses the current occupation scores; skill names below come from the current role-skill mappings.
Shared skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
- Speaking
Target skills to investigate
- Social Perceptiveness
- Complex Problem Solving
Durable strengths to lead with
- Fit appliances onto patients, and make any necessary adjustments.
- Take patients' body or limb measurements for use in device construction.
- Mix pigments to match patients' skin coloring, according to formulas, and apply mixtures to orthotic or prosthetic devices.
- Bend, form, and shape fabric or material to conform to prescribed contours of structural components.
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