Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as deep tissue massage therapist, clinical masseur, medical masseur, Swedish massage therapist, professional massage therapist, masseur, medical massage therapist, body massage therapist, professional masseur, masseuse, acupressure treatment specialist, Thai massage therapist.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hair removal technician 45% covered manicurist 43% covered shiatsu practitioner 41% covered aesthetician 40% covered pedicurist 39% covered massage therapist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from massage therapist, 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 massage therapist 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 massage therapist needs 21 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
  • contraindications health and welfare
  • develop personalised massage plan assisting and caring
  • discuss the medical history of the healthcare user communication, collaboration and creativity
  • massage types health and welfare
  • massage theory health and welfare
  • musculoskeletal anatomy health and welfare
  • give massages assisting and caring
  • apply massage therapy assisting and caring
  • skin types services
  • maintain personal hygiene standards management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a massage 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.