Surgeons

Education

Required Level of Education

• Post-Doctoral Training = 71.13%
• Doctoral Degree = 21.84%
• First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession = 7.03%

Related Work Experience

• Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 21.55%
• None = 18.79%
• Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 14.76%
• Over 10 years = 13.31%
• Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 10.41%
• Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 8.92%
• Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.17%
• Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 4.09%

On-Site or In-Plant Training

• None = 55.41%
• Up to and including 1 month = 11.48%
• Over 10 years = 11.2%
• Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.48%
• Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5.88%
• Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.28%
• Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 2.28%
• Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.99%

On-the-Job Training

• None or short demonstration = 45.97%
• Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 15.71%
• Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 13.06%
• Over 10 years = 9.92%
• Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 6.38%
• Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 4.13%
• Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.85%
• Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.98%

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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 14.0.