Medical Technicians operate anaesthetic, cardiac, operating theatre and medical testing equipment, perform and assist with laboratory tests, and fill prescriptions in support of health professionals.
This occupation group covers Medical Technicians not elsewhere classified.
Occupation description
Medical Technicians operate anaesthetic, cardiac, operating theatre and medical testing equipment, perform and assist with laboratory tests, and fill prescriptions in support of health professionals.
This occupation group covers Medical Technicians not elsewhere classified.
Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Audiometrist
- Dialysis Technician
- Electroencephalographic Technician
- Mortuary Technician
- Ophthalmic Technician
- Respiratory Technician
- Orthotic and Prosthetic Technician
- Perfusionist
- Renal Technician
- Sleep Technician
Medical Technicians nec are a VETASSESS Group E Occupation
AQF Diploma or Higher qualification required
NEC occupations
Some occupations assessed by VETASSESS are listed as ‘nec’ which means ‘not elsewhere classified’. If you are nominating one of these occupations, you must ensure that your qualifications and employment are highly relevant to one of the occupation titles given in the ANZSCO description for the particular occupation. Other specific occupation titles which cannot be found elsewhere in ANZSCO will be considered on a case by-case basis as long as they are relevant to the ‘nec’ codes. In order to be assessed against an ‘nec’ code, your occupation would generally be described as non-classified, yet specialised or related to its ANZSCO Unit Group description.
Your employment in these nominated occupations should not better match another ANZSCO code (whether assessed by VETASSESS or not). When considering whether to nominate an ‘nec’ occupation, you should consider the sub major group description and determine whether your skills best fit this category.
VETASSESS conducts a case-by-case assessment to determine whether the employment can be considered highly relevant to the classification.
If your employment is highly relevant to another ANZSCO occupation, that period of employment cannot be assessed suitably against an ‘nec’ classification, regardless of whether the occupation is available for migration purposes or not. You should provide a cover letter that justifies the rationale for choosing an ‘nec’ category
Qualification & Employment Criteria
Qualification
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
General Medical and surgical degrees would be considered highly relevant.
- Audiometrist
- Audiometry
- Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Hearing Device Prescription and Evaluation (Diploma level)
Dialysis Technician
• Dialysis Technology
• Nursing (with Dialysis content)
Electroencephalographic Technician
• Neurophysiology
• Electroneurodiagnostic Technology
Mortuary Technician
• Funeral Science
• Mortuary Theatre Practices
• Mortuary Science
• Biomedical Sciences (Anatomy)
Orthotic and Prosthetic Technician
• Clinical Prosthetics and Orthotics
Neurophysiological Technician
- Clinical Neurophysiology
- Neurophysiology Technology
Perfusionist
• Perfusion
• Applied Science (Perfusion)
Renal Technician
• Dialysis Technology
Sleep Technician
- Sleep Science
Employment Criteria
Employment will be assessed on its individual merit based on the specialisation and field of work.
One year of employment in a field which is highly relevant and at an appropriate skill level to the nominated occupation is required.
Highly relevant tasks include:
- Taking, collecting and labelling blood, urine and other samples from patients
- Preparing and staining slides and tissue sections for blood and histological examination
- Performing diagnostic tests on tissues and body fluids and analysing the chemical constituents of blood, urine, faeces and tissues
- Testing for diseases by looking for the presence of antibodies and the products of immune response in samples
- Setting up, checking and maintaining operating theatres, anaesthetic workstations, life support machines and associated equipment
- Referring prescriptions to Pharmacists and assisting in preparing medications
- Operating and maintaining equipment used in diagnosing and monitoring of breathing or sleep disorders
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