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Where a medical device assembler can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical device assembler already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Medical device assemblers manufacture instruments, machines and appliances that can be used to prevent, diagnose or treat medical conditions. Medical devices can be non-electrical, such as tubes, needles, drainage sets and sterile pipettes, as well as electrical, such as pacemakers, MRI machines, and X-ray devices. Some may also work in the production of medical furniture such as hospital beds and operation tables.

Also known as medical instrument assembler, medical instrument maker, assembler of medical appliances, medical instrument assembly worker, medical appliance assembler, medical device constructor, medical device production worker, medical device maker, medical device production operative, medical appliance maker, medical instrument assembly technician, medical device production operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 54 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dental instrument assembler, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from medical device assembler, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical device assembler already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A medical device assembler needs 23 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

repackage medical equipment after sterilisation handling and moving
assemble final product handling and moving
manipulate medical devices materials handling and moving
manufacture medical devices handling and moving
test medical devices information skills
use technical equipment for sterilisation working with machinery and specialised equipment
medical devices materials health and welfare
maintain medical devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
clean components during assembly handling and moving
medical devices health and welfare

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a medical device assembler does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Medical device assembler is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical device assembler’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.