Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

Where a diagnostic radiographer can go next

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

Diagnostic radiographers plan, prepare and perform diagnostic imaging examinations and post processing, with a wide range of equipment and techniques using X-rays, strong magnetic fields or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and high frequency sound (Ultrasound).

Also known as expert diagnostic radiographer, practitioner of diagnostic radiography, senior diagnostic radiographer, specialist diagnostic radiographer, radiologic technologist, diagnostic imaging radiographer, diagnostic radiography practitioner, diagnostic imaging radiology technologist.

Professionals 71 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: radiographer, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
radiographer 78% covered radiation therapist 59% covered respiratory therapy technician 57% covered clinical perfusion scientist 48% covered dental hygienist 40% covered diagnostic radiographer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from diagnostic radiographer, 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 a diagnostic radiographer 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

A diagnostic radiographer needs 55 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 medical imaging techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform diagnostic imaging procedures information skills
  • prepare for diagnostic imaging procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • assess radiation response information skills
  • determine patient's exposure factors information skills
  • evaluate delivery of radiation treatment information skills
  • undertake post-examination activities assisting and caring
  • use treatment verification systems information skills
  • apply radiological health sciences information skills
  • determine imaging techniques to be performed assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

Look up another occupation

Diagnostic radiographer 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 a diagnostic radiographer’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.