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

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

Occupational therapy assistants support occupational therapists by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement. They work under the supervision of an occupational therapist.

Professionals 46 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: occupational therapist, 52%

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Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from occupational therapy assistant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a occupational therapy assistant 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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occupational therapy assistant is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a occupational therapy assistant 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.