Orthotists and Prosthetists
Education
Required Level of Education
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree, but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master = 63.53%
- Bachelor's Degree = 10.85%
- Some College Courses = 8.15%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession = 8.08%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) = 4.71%
- Master's Degree = 4.68%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 39.75%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 20.85%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 14.25%
- None = 11.06%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5.35%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.71%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 4.04%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 27.14%
- Up to and including 1 month = 21.15%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 19.88%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.81%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.15%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 4.94%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.24%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.69%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 34.17%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 18.70%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 10.19%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 10.05%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 8.73%
- None or short demonstration = 8.64%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.83%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.69%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
