Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an ergonomist can go next

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

Ergonomists analyse the design of equipment, furniture, and systems in order to improve it toward safer, healthier, and more efficient ones. They strive to improve the interaction of people with equipment and the environment.

Also known as ergonomic science researcher, ergonomic research analyst, ergonomic scientist, ergonomic research scientist, ergonomists, ergonomic analyst, ergonomic researcher.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: industrial designer, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
industrial designer 51% covered product development engineeri… 33% covered design engineer 31% covered furniture designer 30% covered printed circuit board designer 28% covered ergonomist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ergonomist, 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 an ergonomist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An ergonomist needs 15 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
  • assess ergonomics of the workplace information skills
  • consult with design team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct research on trends in design information skills
  • ergonomics services
  • occupational health services
  • determine suitability of materials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • draw design sketches communication, collaboration and creativity
  • follow a brief communication, collaboration and creativity
  • draft design specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • design principles arts and humanities
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Ergonomist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an ergonomist’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.