Certified Orthotic and Prosthetic Technician

Median Annual Income

$47,530

Projected Job Growth

-4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Healthcare & Human Services

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.

Median Annual Income

$44,405

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.

Median Annual Income

$47,821

Projected Job Growth

-9 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

Median Annual Income

$39,968

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Healthcare & Human Services

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters.

Median Annual Income

$61,741

Projected Job Growth

-15 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

Median Annual Income

$66,254

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Execute or adapt procedures and techniques for calibrating measurement devices, by applying knowledge of measurement science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and electronics, sometimes under the direction of engineering staff. Determine measurement standard suitability for calibrating measurement devices. May perform preventive maintenance on equipment. May perform corrective actions to address identified calibration problems.

Median Annual Income

$57,591

Projected Job Growth

+18 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

Median Annual Income

$54,273

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Healthcare & Human Services

Most Common Education Level

Postsecondary certificate

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Median Annual Income

$45,213

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Healthcare & Human Services

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+7 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Assemble or modify electrical or electronic equipment, such as computers, test equipment telemetering systems, electric motors, and batteries.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+15 %

Career Cluster(s)

Healthcare & Human Services

Most Common Education Level

Master's degree

Design, measure, fit, and adapt orthopedic braces, appliances or prostheses, such as limbs or facial parts for patients with disabling conditions.

Median Annual Income

$

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Healthcare & Human Services

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Construct, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices such as braces, orthotics and prosthetic devices, joints, arch supports, and other surgical and medical appliances.