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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| audiology-technician | Occupational skill for the role 'audiology technician' (also: audiology specialist service technician, hearing aid technician, hearing aid service technician, hearing help technician, hearing aid acoustician, audiology service technician). Use when the user asks for typical audiology technician work such as: Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.; Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.; Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers. |
Audiology Technician
Audiology technicians create and service hearing aids and hearing protection products. They dispense, fit and provide hearing aids for those who need them.
Core workflow
- Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
- Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.
- Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.
- Place tooth models on an apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
- Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatuses.
- Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
- Train or supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- advise customers on hearing aids
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- hygiene in a health care setting
- maintain laboratory equipment
- maintain records of clients' prescriptions
- order supplies for audiology services
- perform technical tasks with great care
- produce impressions for ear moulds
- repair hearing aids
- types of audiological equipment
- use of specialised instruments in otorhinolaryngology
Hot technologies
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/521bbfd5-c179-46e3-879b-e74bd6db367c), ONET 30.3 (51-9081.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*