Occupation Atlasrespiratory therapy technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7b8b6118-6876-4a71-81a6-4b5fa9bfa221
respiratory therapy technician
Respiratory therapy technicians assist doctors and surgeons to treat respiratory problems. They work in hospitals and medical facilities where they operate medical equipment to test patients' respiratory conditions and aid in their treatment. Respiratory therapy technicians also tend to breathing equipment and machines during surgery.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RSIRealistic · Social · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.03
- S Social4.88
- I Investigative4.73
- C Conventional3.93
- E Enterprising1.68
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Respiratory Therapists (29-1126.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply context specific clinical competences
- carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures
- clinical perfusion
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- medical terminology
- operate breathing equipment
- operate heart-lung machines
- respiratory medicine
- respiratory therapy
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional (14)
- clinical imaging techniques
- conduct polysomnography
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- emergency surgery
- first aid
- interpret medical images
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- promote health and safety
- provide pre-treatment information
- rehabilitation of all organ systems
- respond to changing situations in health care
- surgery
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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