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Where an occupational therapist can go next

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

Occupational therapists assist individuals or groups who have occupational limitations due to diseases, physical disorders, and temporary or permanent mental disabilities, in regaining their ability to perform daily activities. They provide treatment and rehabilitation to enable them to actively participate in society, to live their lives according to their wishes and to perform those activities that are meaningful to them. Occupational therapists work in public health and social care services, but can also be involved in supporting asylum seekers, refugees and/or homeless people.

Also known as rehabilitation therapist, expert practitioner of occupational therapy, ergotherapist, practitioner of occupational therapy, expert occupational therapist, rehabilitation counsellor, activity therapist, vocational rehabilitation counsellor, specialist occupational therapist, specialist in occupational therapy.

Professionals 86 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: respiratory therapy technician, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
respiratory therapy technician 60% covered orthoptist 57% covered speech and language therapist 55% covered healthcare assistant 54% covered physiotherapy assistant 54% covered occupational therapist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from occupational 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 an occupational 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

An occupational therapist needs 69 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
  • advise on environmental alterations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • identify the healthcare user’s personal capacity information skills
  • use computer programs to improve patients' skills working with computers
  • advise healthcare users on occupational health communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply techniques of occupational therapy assisting and caring
  • assess risks for the elderly information skills
  • assist healthcare users achieve autonomy assisting and caring
  • community-based rehabilitation health and welfare
  • instruct on the use of special equipment for daily activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • occupational science social sciences, journalism and information
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Occupational therapist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an occupational 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.