Skills
31 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Optional knowledge
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Overview
Respiratory therapy technicians assist medical teams with respiratory testing and treatment. They operate breathing equipment, support patients with respiratory problems and tend machines during surgery or clinical care.
In job descriptions, look for breathing equipment, respiratory medicine, patient safety, hygiene routines, clinical teams, treatment preparation, healthcare data, sleep studies or work around operating rooms.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Respiratory therapy technicians work close to doctors, surgeons, nurses and patients. The setting can include wards, treatment rooms, sleep studies, emergency care or operating rooms where breathing equipment must be ready and monitored.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include respiratory medicine, anatomy, hygiene routines, operating breathing equipment, patient safety, clinical communication, healthcare data handling and responding when a patient condition changes.
Salary context
Salary context depends on clinical setting, shift pattern, equipment responsibility, surgery support, emergency exposure, data duties and the level of independent technical judgement expected.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward more specialised respiratory testing, sleep diagnostics, clinical equipment coordination, perioperative support, rehabilitation teams or broader healthcare technology roles.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name ventilators, heart-lung machines, sleep recording, treatment rooms, surgery support, patient instruction, data systems and how closely the role works with licensed clinicians.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified (3259)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7b8b6118-6876-4a71-81a6-4b5fa9bfa221 |
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| ESCO code | 3259.7 |
| ISCO group | 3259 |
| Concept type | Occupation |