Job requirements Assistant, Occupational Therapist in Canada

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

• Audiometric technicians usually require a specialization in industrial audiometry testing.
• Orthopedic technologists usually require completion of secondary school and several months of on-the-job training or a college orthopedic technologist program.
• Registration with the Canadian Society of Orthopaedic Technologists is available and may be required by employers.
• Ophthalmic assistants require completion of a six to twelve month ophthalmic assistants college program or a minimum of one year of on-the-job training under the supervision of an ophthalmologist, and completion of an approved ophthalmic assistant home study program.
• Certification by the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology may be required by employers.
• Health care courses or short-term college programs related to the work of medical therapy aides, such as recreational therapy programs, are available and may be required by employers.
• Sterile processing technicians require completion of secondary school and a six- to nine-month sterile processing college program.
• Completion of secondary school and several months of on-the-job training are usually required for other assisting occupations in this unit group.

Source National Occupational Classification

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