Acupuncture technician - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Acupuncture technician earn

A Acupuncture technician earns between $1.152 and $4.153 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.936 and a median salary of $1.677 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 136 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • middle-level technicians in the biological, biochemical, health sciences
• • • technicians of the science of human health
• • • • technologists and technicians in complementary and aesthetic therapies

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Main workplaces

Technologists and technicians in complementary and aesthetic therapies they work in the area of health, social services and personal services. The vast majority act as self-employed, working on their own, individually, although beauticians can also work in a team. They perform their duties indoors, without supervision and during daytime hours, although beauticians and doulas may also work irregular hours.

What does it take to work in the field of Technologists and technicians in complementary and aesthetic therapies

The training required for beauticians is that of a mid-level technician or degree in technology. In the case of Doulas, a basic professional qualification course of up to 200 hours is required, with no need for professional experience to perform the occupation. For the other occupations, training in a medium-level technical course in the area of activity is required. The full exercise of activities, for beauticians, occurs after a period of approximately two years of professional practice. In the case of massage therapists and holistic therapists, the full exercise of activities takes about less than one year of professional experience; for acupuncture technicians, chiropractors and podiatrists no prior experience required.

Functions and activities of Acupuncture technician

Technologists and technicians in complementary and aesthetic therapies must:

Activities

applying frequency radiations of light;
demonstrate empathy;
perform a postpartum visit;
guidance on static and dynamic posture;
demonstrate leadership;
identify unsightly facial, body and hair dysfunctions;
recommend exercises;
demonstrate persuasiveness;
advise patient/client about preventive measures;
attend fairs, congresses;
treat nail plates (nails);
demonstrate aesthetic sense;
register client/patient;
demonstrate creativity;
analyze biomechanics;
normalize joint movements (active, passive and joint play) and nerves pills or irritated (nervous flow);
perform asepsis of the place;
manage finances;
draining energy stagnation (sedating);
take anthropometric and energetic measurements;
register technical information;
applying manipulative stimuli;
teaching to time contraction;
select acupuncture points;
teach perineal preparation technique;
pulping muscular structures and integumentary system;
evaluate electromagnetic conditions of the patient/client;
reposition viscera and other organs;
store products;
repositioning viscera and other organs;
promoting bond in the first baby-mother contact;
stimulating emotional integration;
pulping joint and bone structures;
demonstrate discretion;
treat keratoses;
apply techniques for revitalization, prevention and facial, body and hair maintenance ;
apply emollients, medicines, cosmetics and cosmeceuticals;
use epi;
listen to patient/client;
demonstrate hand skill;
confirm client/patient;
discard expired material and/or products;
applying needles, moxibustion and cupping;
evaluate the quality of the support network for pregnant, parturient and postpartum women;
analyze exams;
facilitate the descent and positioning of the baby;
correcting energetic-psycho-organic, physiological, biochemical, enzymatic imbalances and hormonal;
applying skin cleansing techniques;
package contaminated waste for incineration;
perform a relaxing massage;
teach proprioception techniques;
treat skin and appendages diseases and infections;
indicate herbal medicines;
refer the patient to other professionals;
apply needles, moxibustion and cupping;
identify chiropractic subluxations;
apply electrotherapy techniques (pre and post surgery, facial treatments, body and hair);
recommend further exams;
guide on static and dynamic posture;
adapt environment for the well-being of the parturient;
archive client/patient record;
detoxify the organism;
establish a contract with client/patient;
evaluate signs and symptoms;
demonstrate listening skills;
sanitize workplace;
applying micropigmentation techniques;
applying eyebrow design techniques;
perform antisepsis on the patient/client;
toning energy;
locate areas of energy imbalance;
advise a companion;
put on joint containment orthoses;
demonstrate self-knowledge;
evaluate cardiorespiratory, circulatory, digestive, genitourinary systems;
teaching breathing techniques;
demonstrate ability to work under pressure;
stimulating alignment, body awareness, neuro-energetic and vibrational reorganization;
applying hair removal techniques;
training staff;
evaluate patient/client microsystems;
assist pregnant women in the preparation of the birth plan;
advise patient/client on preventive measures;
provide maintenance of the clinic/therapeutic/esthetic space;
schedule appointments/services;
put on nail orthoses (unicorthesis);
give classes, courses and lectures;
conduct creative visualization;
perform client/patient evaluation;
produce reports;
promote breastfeeding in the first hour of life;
apply therapeutic massages;
apply vibrational energy;
balancing muscle tone;
indicate hydrotherapy techniques;
demonstrate intuitive perception;
recommend insoles and shoes;
explain techniques and procedures;
sterilize instruments;
select stimuli;
work in a multi and interdisciplinary team;
prepare patient/client;
perform relaxing massage;
train staff;
evaluate muscular system (strength, temperature and tone);
apply compresses;
evaluate neuromusculoskeletal systems;
demonstrate physical fitness;
demonstrate listening skills;
acquire products/equipment;
evaluate the patient/client's bioenergetic, emotional and vibrational state;
provide advice;
prescribe cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and essential oils;
encourage active participation of the companion;
balance muscle tonus;
pack sharp materials for disposal;
stimulating cranio-sacral movement;
inform patient/client about their condition;
training exercises for driving and natural induction of labor ;
disclose services;
suggest pain relief postures;
work with ergonomic posture;
make corrective and nail protection orthoses;
applying pre and post surgical procedures;
demonstrate holistic view;
select technique, type of therapy and work resource;
correcting chiropractic subluxations;
perform dressings;
prepare molds and models for orthoses;
demonstrate sensory perception;
unblock energy circulation;
perform personal asepsis;
search scientific articles;
plan procedures;
recommend flower essences;
sanitize material (ball, stool, wheelie, etc);
evaluate the emotional state of the companion;
control stock;
demonstrate fine motor skills;
evaluate soft tissues;
applying makeup techniques;

Sectors that hire Acupuncture technician the most in the job market

• aesthetic activities and other beauty care services
• hospital care activities
• activities of associations for the defense of social rights
• psychology and psychoanalysis activities
• physical therapy activities
• combined office and administrative support services
• human immunization and vaccination services
• integrative and complementary practice activities in human health
• breeding cattle for beef
• building construction