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

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

Instructional designers develop instructional material for training courses using multimedia technology and authoring tools. They aim to create instructional experiences which make the acquisition of knowledge and skills more efficient, effective, and appealing.

Professionals 59 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: e-learning developer, 68%

e-learning developer 68% covered ICT trainer 54% covered web content manager 44% covered e-learning architect 42% covered technical communicator 40% covered instructional designer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from instructional designer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a instructional designer 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

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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instructional designer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 instructional designer 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.