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

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

Dietetic technicians assist dietitians in planning nutritional programmes and in planning menus for patients as part of an overall treatment plan under supervision of a dietitian. Under supervision of a dietitian, dietetic technicians assist dietitians in patient reviews, enteral feeding discharge planning, and clinical auditing which includes nutritional screening.

Technicians and associate professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: clinical coder, 42%

clinical coder 42% covered respiratory therapy technician 41% covered front line medical receptioni… 39% covered sterile services technician 35% covered covid tester 35% covered dietetic technician You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from dietetic technician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a dietetic 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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dietetic 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

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