Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an anaesthetic technician can go next

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

Anaesthetic technicians assist specialised doctors in anaesthetics. They prepare operating theatres and other specialised clinics for anaesthetic procedures, prepare the equipment needed for anaesthesia, and assist with inducing and maintaining adequate anaesthesia and post-anaesthesia procedures. They do so under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.

Also known as anesthetic technician, surgical technician, surgical interventions anaesthetic technician, technician for anaesthetics in surgeries, technician for anesthetics in surgeries.

Technicians and associate professionals 58 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: phlebotomist, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
phlebotomist 55% covered sterile services technician 40% covered respiratory therapy technician 40% covered clinical perfusion scientist 37% covered dietetic technician 32% covered anaesthetic technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from anaesthetic technician, 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 anaesthetic technician 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 anaesthetic technician needs 37 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
  • administer anaesthetics to patients assisting and caring
  • assess patients after surgery information skills
  • ensure the positioning of the patient for surgery assisting and caring
  • maintain anaesthetic machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • monitor patients during surgery information skills
  • order supplies for anaesthesia services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • biophysics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • emergency medicine health and welfare
  • intensive care medicine health and welfare
  • emergency surgery health and welfare
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Anaesthetic technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an anaesthetic technician’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.