Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Tasks Include:
- Attach electrodes to patients, using adhesives.
- Summarize technical data to assist physicians to diagnose brain, sleep, or nervous system disorders.
- Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
- Calibrate, troubleshoot, or repair equipment and correct malfunctions, as needed.
- Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
- Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
- Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
- Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
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Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: +6.7%
Education
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$44,990.00
State
$42,310.00
Regional
Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Description
Career Cluster: | Health Science |
Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Education
Required Level of Education
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 48.39%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 35.48%
- Bachelor's Degree = 16.13%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 38.71%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 25.81%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.90%
- None = 9.68%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.68%
- Up to and including 1 month = 3.23%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 25.81%
- Up to and including 1 month = 22.58%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 19.35%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 16.13%
- None = 6.45%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 6.45%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.23%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 25.81%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.58%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 19.35%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.90%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 9.68%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.68%
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Attach electrodes to patients, using adhesives.
- Summarize technical data to assist physicians to diagnose brain, sleep, or nervous system disorders.
- Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
- Calibrate, troubleshoot, or repair equipment and correct malfunctions, as needed.
- Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
- Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
- Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
- Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
- Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
- Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
- Adjust equipment to optimize viewing of the nervous system.
- Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
- Submit reports to physicians summarizing test results.
- Assist in training technicians, medical students, residents, or other staff members.
- Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
- Participate in research projects, conferences, or technical meetings.
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Air dryers
- Liquid crystal display LCD panels or monitors (Computer monitors)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Corkscrew needle electrodes)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Depth electrodes)
- Desktop computers
- Amplifiers (Differential amplifiers)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Disposable foam pad electrodes)
- Low voltage alternating and direct current AC DC panelboards (Electrode input panels)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Electroencephalography EEG amplifiers)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Electroencephalography EEG equipment)
- Electromyographs
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Epidural electrodes)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Evoked potential measuring systems)
- Eye charts or vision cards (Eye charts)
- Goggles
- Medical syringes with needles (Hypodermic syringes)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Medical tape measures (Medical measuring tapes)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Neurophysiologic interoperative monitoring systems)
- Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets (Otoscopes)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Portable electroencephalographs)
- Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves (Protective medical gloves)
- Pulse oximeter units (Pulse oximeters)
- Cardiac ultrasound or doppler or echo units or cardioscopes (Pulsed-wave Doppler ultrasound units)
- Signal generators
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Sphenoidal electrodes)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Subdermal needle electrodes)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Subdural grid electrodes)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Subdural strip electrodes)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Surface disk electrodes)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Video recorders)
- Electroencephalography EEG units or accessories (Wireless encephalographs)
Technologies Include:
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Scheduling software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- FileMaker Pro software
- Internet browser software
- Internet browser software
- Medical software
- BESA EEGFocus
- Cadwell Laboratories Easy III
- EEG Portaview
- Natus Neuroworks software
- Neurofax SpikeDetector
- Neurotronics Polysmith
- Sleep analysis software
- Operating system software
- Microsoft Windows
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Special Requirements
For More Information, Contact:
American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists
6501 East Commerce Avenue, Suite 120
Kansas City, MO 64120
Phone: 816.931.1120
Fax: 816.931.1145
http://www.aset.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
[email protected]
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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81.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
78.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
75.00 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
74.25 | Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
61.25 | Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
58.75 | Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
55.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
54.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
50.00 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
72.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
68.75 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
68.75 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
65.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
59.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
56.25 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
53.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
53.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
53.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
53.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
50.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
50.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
72.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
72.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
72.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
72.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
72.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
56.25 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
53.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
50.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
50.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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92.75 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
90.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
90.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
89.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
88.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
83.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
82.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
82.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
79.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
77.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
77.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
75.75 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
75.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
73.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
71.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
71.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
71.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
71.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
65.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
63.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
62.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
61.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
60.50 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
60.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
59.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
58.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
58.75 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
55.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
54.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
54.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
54.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
53.25 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
51.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
51.50 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
50.75 | Staffing Organizational Units | Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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96.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
94.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
93.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
93.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
92.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
91.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
88.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
85.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
79.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
77.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
76.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
75.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
75.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
74.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
56.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
53.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
66.67 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
50.00 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
50.00 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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100.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
99.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
95.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
93.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
92.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
91.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
90.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
89.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
89.60 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
86.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
85.80 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
85.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
85.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
83.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
80.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
77.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
77.40 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
76.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
76.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
76.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
76.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
71.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
66.60 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
65.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
63.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
62.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
62.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
60.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
60.00 | Exposed to Radiation | How often does this job require exposure to radiation? |
60.00 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
58.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
58.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
56.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
55.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
52.00 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
51.60 | Deal With Physically Aggressive People | How frequently does this job require the worker to deal with physical aggression of violent individuals? |
51.00 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $32,140.00 | $44,990.00 | $59,210.00 |
Virginia | $31,260.00 | $42,310.00 | $54,240.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $39,252.87 | $48,082.68 | $64,036.17 |
Bay Consortium | $37,729.48 | $47,050.48 | $54,264.49 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $35,568.50 | $45,682.86 | $56,914.58 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $34,786.55 | $39,702.51 | $51,987.20 |
Crater Area | $34,865.48 | $39,031.68 | $44,717.11 |
Greater Peninsula | $33,583.01 | $38,449.12 | $49,037.01 |
Hampton Roads | $33,404.40 | $38,538.42 | $50,024.56 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $30,067.90 | $37,542.56 | $48,618.52 |
Northern Virginia | $38,997.41 | $47,490.78 | $62,944.77 |
Piedmont Workforce | $37,220.65 | $44,565.50 | $60,787.94 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | $32,606.88 | $38,235.20 | $47,637.19 |
West Piedmont | $31,858.17 | $35,292.27 | $42,295.48 |
Western Virginia | $33,757.46 | $39,139.68 | $53,566.66 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 148,000 | 157,900 | +6.7% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Neurodiagnostic Technologists
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- Histotechnologists
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- Radiation Therapists
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Careers in Diagnostic Services Pathway:
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Medical Care and Treatment, General
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
- Ophthalmology/Optometry
- Orthopedic Services
- Physiology
- Respiratory Therapy Services
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Titles
- Electroencephalograph Technician
- Electroencephalograph Technologist
- Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist
- Neurodiagnostic Technologist
- Polysomnographic Technologist
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Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Related Schools
- Averett University
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Central Virginia Community College
- Dabney S Lancaster Community College
- Danville Community College
- Germanna Community College
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Laurel Ridge Community College
- Liberty University
- Mountain Empire Community College
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Old Dominion University
- Patrick Henry Community College
- Piedmont Virginia Community College
- Radford University
- Southside Virginia Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College
- Tidewater Community College
- Virginia Highlands Community College
- Virginia Western Community College
- Wytheville Community College
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