Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a physiologist can go next

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

Physiologists study and exert research on the functioning of different living organisms, the parts they are composed of, and their interactions. They understand the fashion in which living systems react to factors such as diseases, physical activity, and stress, and use that information to develop methods and solutions to even out the effect that those stimuli have in living bodies.

Also known as anatomy analyst, anatomy researcher, anatomy research scientist, physiology scientist, physiology analyst, physiology research scientist, anatomist, anatomy science researcher, physiologists, physiology researcher, anatomy research analyst, anatomy scientist.

Professionals 83 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: kinesiologist, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
kinesiologist 78% covered immunologist 76% covered religion scientific researcher 75% covered palaeontologist 74% covered thanatology researcher 72% covered physiologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from physiologist, 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 a physiologist 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

A physiologist needs 41 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
  • histology arts and humanities
  • conduct research on fauna information skills
  • maintain laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • calibrate laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • apply safety procedures in laboratory assisting and caring
  • human physiology health and welfare
  • laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • human anatomy health and welfare
  • perform laboratory tests working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Physiologist 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 a physiologist’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.