Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

missionary 60% covered pastoral worker 55% covered chaplain 51% covered minister of religion 48% covered verger 41% covered monk/nun You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from monk/nun. 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.
  • 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.

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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a monk/nun 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.