Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a first aid instructor can go next

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

First aid instructors teach students immediate lifesaving emergency measures, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the recovery position, and injury care. They provided practice materials such as a specialised manikin.

Also known as educator in first aid, trainer in first aid, instructor in first aid techniques, instructor in first aid, first aid educator, first aid trainer, instructor in first aid principles.

Technicians and associate professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: university teaching assistant, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
university teaching assistant 51% covered adult literacy teacher 45% covered lifeguard instructor 45% covered corporate trainer 44% covered further education teacher 43% covered first aid instructor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from first aid instructor, 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 first aid instructor 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 first aid instructor needs 22 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
  • teach first aid principles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • acute care health and welfare
  • emergency cases health and welfare
  • advise on safety measures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • resuscitation health and welfare
  • adapt teaching to target group communication, collaboration and creativity
  • general medicine health and welfare
  • compile course material communication, collaboration and creativity
  • first aid health and welfare
  • health, safety and hygiene legislation services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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First aid instructor is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 first aid instructor’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.