Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a dental technician can go next

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

Dental technicians manufacture dental custom-made devices like bridges, crowns, dentures and appliances under the supervision of dental practitioners following their directions and specifications.

Professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dental hygienist, 46%

dental hygienist 46% covered dental chairside assistant 41% covered healthcare assistant 36% covered physiotherapy assistant 34% covered pharmacy assistant 32% covered dental technician You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from dental technician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a dental technician already covers. All 5 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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dental technician is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a dental technician 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.