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O*NET detailed work activityMake patient-assistive devices or device models
Stays humanHands-on care
3 jobs6 tasks
Physical care and clinical work need trained hands, close observation and a person who is accountable at the bedside or chairside.
Part of Fabricate medical devices, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 6 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Fabricate temporary restorations or custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
- Design, fabricate, or repair assistive devices or make adaptive changes to equipment or environments.
- Make preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
- Pour, trim, and polish study casts.
- Fabricate patient immobilization devices, such as molds or casts, for radiation delivery.
- Fabricate and fit orthodontic appliances and materials for patients, such as retainers, wires, or bands.