Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an aromatherapist can go next

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

Aromatherapists use essential oils extracted from herbal products at the level of the interface skin and mucous membranes to improve the clients` well-being. They treat a variety of illnesses and physical or psychological conditions, under supervision and on a doctor's order.

Also known as traditional practitioner of aromatherapy, clinical aromatherapy practitioner, practitioner of aromatherapy, relaxation therapist, aromatherapy practitioner, aromatherapy specialist, traditional aromatherapist, master aromatherapist, specialist aromatherapist.

Professionals 63 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: herbal therapist, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
herbal therapist 67% covered shiatsu practitioner 64% covered traditional chinese medicine … 63% covered sophrologist 58% covered homeopath 51% covered aromatherapist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from aromatherapist, 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 aromatherapist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An aromatherapist needs 29 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
  • apply massage oil assisting and caring
  • prepare oils handling and moving
  • types of essential oils health and welfare
  • develop personalised massage plan assisting and caring
  • discuss the medical history of the healthcare user communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide health psychological advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • massage theory health and welfare
  • types of aromatherapy treatments health and welfare
  • apply aromatherapy assisting and caring
  • acupuncture methods health and welfare
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Aromatherapist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 aromatherapist’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.