{"id":4893,"date":"2024-03-06T12:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T20:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=4893"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:11:13","slug":"orthotist-prosthetist-technician","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/classified-staff\/orthotist-prosthetist-technician\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthotist-Prosthetist Technician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18160 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv)<br \/>\n22532 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASS SERIES CONCEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perform the fabrication of prosthetic and orthotic devices for patients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fabricate prosthetic and orthotic devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under general supervision, fabricate, fit, and repair prosthetic and orthotic devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perform fabrication techniques for prosthetic and orthotic devices including lamination procedures, finishing processes for orthoses and prostheses, prosthetic bench alignment, vacuuming forming of orthoses and prosthesis and cast preparation;<\/p>\n<p>Maintain laboratory inventory and equipment; order materials and equipment as needed;<\/p>\n<p>Maintain a safe and clean working environment;<\/p>\n<p>Fit footwear and fit and fabricate foot orthoses following specific patient requirements;<\/p>\n<p>Provide patient and family education in the use and maintenance of foot orthoses, footwear and prostheses;<\/p>\n<p>Document work performed for patient billing following current billing procedures;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Completion of an accredited Orthotics-Prosthetics Technician program.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>01\/03\/1973: New Class<br \/>\n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ<br \/>\n05\/15\/1998: Revise Title, Class, and MQ<br \/>\n05\/01\/2000: New to CSA<br \/>\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 18160 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv) 22532 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv) CLASS SERIES CONCEPT Perform the fabrication of prosthetic and orthotic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4893","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4893"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9439,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4893\/revisions\/9439"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}