Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a monk/nun can go next

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

Monks/nuns dedicate themselves to a monastic lifestyle. They vow to take part in sprititual works as part of their religious community. Monks/nuns take part in daily prayer and often live in self-sufficient monasteries or convents alongside other monks/nuns.

Also known as monk, nun.

Technicians and associate professionals 44 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: missionary, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
missionary 60% covered pastoral worker 55% covered chaplain 51% covered minister of religion 48% covered verger 41% covered monk/nun You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from monk/nun, 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 monk/nun 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 monk/nun needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • monasticism arts and humanities
  • prayer arts and humanities
  • guide conversion communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret religious texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • promote religious activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • theology arts and humanities
  • observe confidentiality assisting and caring
  • establish collaborative relations communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Monk/nun 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 monk/nun’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.