Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an osteopath can go next

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

Osteopaths provide therapeutic treatment of disorders in the musculoskeletal system to patients with physical issues such as back pain, joint pain and digestive disorders. They mainly use manipulation of the body tissues, touch, stretching and massage techniques to relieve the patients` pain and promote a healthy lifestyle.

Also known as osteopathic practitioner.

Professionals 48 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: traditional chinese medicine therapist, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
traditional chinese medicine … 39% covered acupuncturist 38% covered homeopath 37% covered prosthetist-orthotist 35% covered occupational therapy assistant 32% covered osteopath You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from osteopath, 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 osteopath already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An osteopath needs 26 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
  • conduct gross examination of tissues information skills
  • develop osteopathic treatment plans assisting and caring
  • provide osteopathic diagnosis information skills
  • diagnose musculoskeletal conditions information skills
  • prescribe treatment for musculoskeletal injuries assisting and caring
  • apply deep tissue massage assisting and caring
  • osteopathy health and welfare
  • maintain treatment records information skills
  • musculoskeletal anatomy health and welfare
  • undertake healthcare examination information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

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