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

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

Massage therapists provide therapeutic massage treatments to improve the well-being of their clients. They perform a variety of massage types such as shiatsu and swedish massage, according to their client's needs and preferences.

Technicians and associate professionals 66 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hair removal technician, 45%

hair removal technician 45% covered manicurist 43% covered shiatsu practitioner 41% covered aesthetician 40% covered pedicurist 39% covered massage therapist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from massage therapist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a massage therapist 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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massage therapist is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a massage therapist 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.