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# Competences — prosthetist-orthotist
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Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/929b5c9d-2fbf-44f2-980d-2ac6c0dc212f).
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## Essential
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- **adhere to organisational guidelines** (skill/competence)
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- **advise on rehabilitation exercises** (skill/competence)
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- **answer patients' questions** (skill/competence)
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- **archive healthcare users' records** (skill/competence)
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- **biomechanics** (knowledge)
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- **collect healthcare user's general data** (skill/competence)
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- **communicate in healthcare** (skill/competence)
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- **comply with legislation related to health care** (skill/competence)
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- **comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice** (skill/competence)
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- **contribute to continuity of health care** (skill/competence)
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- **contribute to the rehabilitation process** (skill/competence)
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- **create lifecasts** (skill/competence)
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- **design medical supportive devices** (skill/competence)
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- **ensure safety of healthcare users** (skill/competence)
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- **human anatomy** (knowledge)
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- **instruct patients on supportive devices** (skill/competence)
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- **interact with healthcare users** (skill/competence)
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- **kinetics** (knowledge)
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- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
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- **modify lifecasts** (skill/competence)
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- **prosthetic devices** (knowledge)
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- **record healthcare users' progress related to treatment** (skill/competence)
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- **rehabilitation** (knowledge)
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## Optional
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- assist patients with rehabilitation (skill/competence)
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- develop therapeutic relationships (skill/competence)
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- finish prosthetic-orthotic devices (skill/competence)
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- first aid (knowledge)
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- human physiology (knowledge)
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- hygiene in a health care setting (knowledge)
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- identify patients' medical records (skill/competence)
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- maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices (skill/competence)
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- manipulate plastic (skill/competence)
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- manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials (skill/competence)
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- manipulate wood (skill/competence)
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- medical informatics (knowledge)
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- medical terminology (knowledge)
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- modify casts for prostheses (skill/competence)
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- orthopaedic conditions (knowledge)
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- orthopaedic goods industry (knowledge)
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- orthopaedics (knowledge)
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- orthotics (knowledge)
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- pathology (knowledge)
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- pedorthics (knowledge)
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- perform a prosthetic examination of the patient (skill/competence)
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- place orders for orthopedic products (skill/competence)
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- prosthetic-orthotic device materials (knowledge)
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- provide health education (skill/competence)
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- recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition (skill/competence)
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- recommend orthotic devices (skill/competence)
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- record data from biomedical tests (skill/competence)
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- repair orthopedic goods (skill/competence)
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- repair prosthetic-orthotic devices (skill/competence)
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- respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
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- test prosthetic-orthotic devices (skill/competence)
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- types of orthopedic supplies (knowledge)
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- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
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- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 16 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
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Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
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### Hard skills
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- orthotic design — **50 %**
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- prosthetic design — **50 %**
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- patient assessment — **38 %**
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- patient evaluation — **38 %**
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- patient care — **31 %**
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- treatment planning — **25 %**
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- prosthesis design — **19 %**
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- device fabrication — **19 %**
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- gait analysis — **19 %**
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- materials management — **19 %**
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### Responsibilities
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- device fitting — **31 %**
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- follow-up care — **25 %**
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- patient instruction — **25 %**
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- patient assessment — **25 %**
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- physician collaboration — **19 %**
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- treatment implementation — **19 %**
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