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Part of Advise others on products or services, under the O*NET work activity group Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 7 AI-assist, 2 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
- Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments.
- Advise oncology team members on use of beam modifying or immobilization devices in radiation treatment plans.
- Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.
- Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
- Assist patients to select eyewear.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Assist clients in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
- Suggest and apply the use of supports such as straps, tapes, bandages, or braces if necessary.
- Develop requirements for the use of patient immobilization devices and positioning aides, such as molds or casts, as part of treatment plans to ensure accurate delivery of radiation and comfort of patient.