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

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a 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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from occupational therapist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a occupational 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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occupational therapist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 occupational 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.