NOC 32129: Other medical technologists and technicians

Other medical technologists and technicians includes medical technologists and technicians, such as dietary technicians, ocularists, prosthetists, orthotists, prosthetic technicians and orthotic technicians. Dietary technicians are employed in health care and commercial food service establishments such as hospitals, extended care facilities, nursing homes, schools, cafeterias and fast food outlets. Ocularists are employed in custom ocular prosthetic laboratories, or they may be self-employed. Prosthetists, orthotists and prosthetic and orthotic technicians are employed in hospitals, clinics, prosthetics and orthotics laboratories, and prosthetic device manufacturing companies. Prosthetists and orthotists may also be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 2.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 2: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of 2 or more years, or supervisory duties. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

• Healthcare and social services

  At least 12 months of full-time work (or the same amount part-time) in this occupation within the last 3 years, in Canada or abroad.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 32129

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Dietary technicians
• Assist dietitians or nutritionists to plan and supervise food service operations
• Plan menus and diet for individuals or groups under the direction of a dietitian or nutritionist
• Assist in the supervision of personnel who prepare and serve food
• Help patients select menu items
• Assist dietitians with research in food, nutrition and food service systems.
• Ocularists
• Design, fabricate and fit ocular prostheses and conformers, and may design and fabricate implants
• Paint the iris and pupil of artificial eyes
• Clean and restore ocular prostheses
• Advise patients concerning the loss of depth perception and the care and use of ocular prostheses
• Repair and maintain fabrication and laboratory equipment
• Consult with ophthalmologists concerning insertion of ocular prostheses.
• Prosthetists and orthotists
• Design, fabricate and fit prosthetic and orthotic appliances such as artificial limbs, braces or supports
• Interpret physicians' specifications and examine and measure patients to develop working sketches of appliances
• Make and modify plaster casts of areas to receive prostheses or orthoses
• Fit, adjust and repair appliances
• Advise patients in the use and care of prostheses and orthoses
• Supervise and direct the activities of prosthetic and orthotic technicians.
• Prosthetic and orthotic technicians
• Assemble or build prosthetic and orthotic appliances according to drawings, measurements and plaster casts using a variety of materials such as metals, plastics and leathers
• Repair, rebuild and modify prosthetic and orthotic appliances or orthopaedic footwear
• May take the body or limb measurements of patients.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• dietary technician
• food and nutrition technician - dietetics
• ocularist
• ocularist technician
• orthotic technician
• orthotist
• prosthetic technician
• prosthetist

Employment requirements

• Dietary technicians require completion of a two- to three-year college program in dietary technology and supervised practical training.
• Ocularists require completion of the education program of the American Society of Ocularists and supervised practical training or a five-year supervised practical training program under a certified ocularist.
• Certification by the National Examining Board of Ocularists is usually required.
• Prosthetists and orthotists require a two-year college program in prosthetics and orthotics technology and three years of supervised practical training.
• Certification by the Canadian Board of Certification of Prosthetists and Orthotists (CBCPO) may be required.
• Prosthetic and orthotic technicians usually require a two- to three- year college program in prosthetics and orthotics and one to two years of supervised practical training or completion of secondary school and up to four years of supervised practical training under a certified prosthetist or orthotist.
• Registration with the Canadian Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (CAPO) may be required.

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