Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an orthoptist can go next

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

Orthoptists diagnose and treat anomalies of binocular vision. They examine, assess and treat vision impairments, squint, amblyopia and eye motility disorders. Orthoptists apply these methods in particular in the fields of paediatrics, neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, ophthalmology, orthoptics, optometry, pleoptics and strabology assessing functional diseases of the eye for improving functional disorders of the visual system. They also provide counselling, preventive measures and training activities and may refract and prescribe glasses, such as prism corrective glasses.

Also known as practitioner of orthoptics, orthoptics specialist, specialist in orthoptics, qualified orthoptist, orthoptics expert, expert orthoptist, specialist orthoptist, orthoptics practitioner.

Professionals 70 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: healthcare assistant, 64%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
healthcare assistant 64% covered optometrist 64% covered physiotherapy assistant 61% covered respiratory therapy technician 60% covered dental hygienist 59% covered orthoptist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from orthoptist, 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 orthoptist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An orthoptist needs 63 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
  • carry out orthoptic treatments assisting and caring
  • conduct specialised orthoptic tests information skills
  • contact lens fitting techniques health and welfare
  • neuro-ophthalmology health and welfare
  • ophthalmological examination methods health and welfare
  • orthoptics health and welfare
  • receive patient referrals with eye conditions assisting and caring
  • supervise orthoptic treatments assisting and caring
  • treatment of strabismus health and welfare
  • types of strabismus health and welfare
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Orthoptist 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 orthoptist’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.