Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a clinical trial assistant can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a clinical trial assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Clinical trial assistants support clinical drug research. Collaborate with researchers and doctors in hospitals. Manage essential documents such as clinical case report forms, study protocols, and informed consent forms. File relevant logs related to side effects of medicines.

Technicians and associate professionals 15 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: medical writer, 31%

medical writer 31% covered clinical coder 27% covered medical records manager 15% covered medical records clerk 15% covered clinical trial assistant You are here
Fig. 2 — the 4 nearest destinations from clinical trial assistant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a clinical trial assistant already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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clinical trial assistant 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a clinical trial assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.