Where a herbal therapist can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a herbal therapist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Herbal therapists use herbal medicine to relief pain and treat illnesses such as allergies, chronic physical conditions or stress-related conditions. They study the properties and benefits of plants and create a personalised treatment plan for the patients.
Also known as iridologist, practitioner of herbal medicine, herbal medicine therapist, practitioner of herbal therapy, medical herbalist, naturopathic physician, herbal medicine practitioner, phytotherapist, herbalist, herbal practitioner.
Technicians and associate professionals 52 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: traditional chinese medicine therapist, 60%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A herbal therapist needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- types of aromatherapy treatments health and welfare
- apply a holistic approach in care assisting and caring
- apply aromatherapy assisting and caring
- acupuncture methods health and welfare
- characteristics of plants natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- observe healthcare users information skills
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment communication, collaboration and creativity
- phytotherapy health and welfare
- advise on mental health communication, collaboration and creativity
- collect healthcare user's general data information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a herbal therapist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- aromatherapist 67% covered · difficulty 41.6
- shiatsu practitioner 64% covered · difficulty 44.8
- sophrologist 58% covered · difficulty 50.7
- acupuncturist 56% covered · difficulty 53.2
- traditional chinese medicine therapist 50% covered · difficulty 58.9
- complementary therapist 47% covered · difficulty 60.7
- homeopath 37% covered · difficulty 69.9
- dance therapist 25% covered · difficulty 79.6
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Herbal therapist is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a herbal therapist’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.