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Audiology technician

Other names

audiology specialist service technician, hearing aid technician, hearing aid service technician, hearing help technician, hearing aid acoustician, audiology service technician, audiology specialist technician, hearing instrument specialist, audio prosthetist, audiology assistant

Therapy and rehabilitation

They make, fit and fix hearing aids, and show people how to use them.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.

  2. 2

    Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.

  3. 3

    Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
audioprothésiste
español
técnico en audiología protésica/técnica en audiología protésica
العربية
فني سمعيات
português
Técnico de audiologia/Técnica de audiologia
Deutsch
Hörgeräteakustiker/Hörgeräteakustikerin
italiano
tecnico audioprotesista

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