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Where a disability support worker can go next

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

Disability support workers provide personal assistance and support to individuals of all ages with disability conditions, either intellectual or physical disabilities. They work with other health professionals to maximise individuals physical and mental well being. Their duties include bathing, lifting, moving, dressing or feeding people with disability.

Technicians and associate professionals 70 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: child day care worker, 80%

child day care worker 80% covered social work assistant 67% covered social work supervisor 66% covered enterprise development worker 66% covered crisis situation social worker 65% covered disability support worker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from disability support worker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a disability support worker 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 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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disability support worker 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 disability support worker 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.