Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an acupuncturist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an acupuncturist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Acupuncturists make use of thin needles and insert them into acupuncture points in the body in order to restore the imbalances of the human body and overall good health. Acupuncturists focus on energy meridians to treat various conditions.

Also known as expert acupuncturist, acupuncture therapist, acupuncture practitioner, acupuncture specialist, advanced acupuncturist, expert in acupuncture, practitioner of acupuncture, specialist in acupuncture.

Professionals 54 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: traditional chinese medicine therapist, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
traditional chinese medicine … 73% covered homeopath 70% covered shiatsu practitioner 57% covered herbal therapist 56% covered aromatherapist 47% covered acupuncturist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from acupuncturist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an acupuncturist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An acupuncturist needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • biomedicine natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • pathologies treated by acupuncture health and welfare
  • select acupuncture points assisting and caring
  • traditional Chinese medicine health and welfare
  • undertake healthcare examination information skills
  • complementary and alternative medicine health and welfare
  • acupuncture methods health and welfare
  • observe healthcare users information skills
  • obtain healthcare user's medical status information information skills
  • follow-up on healthcare users' treatment communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an acupuncturist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Acupuncturist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an acupuncturist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.