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Where a pilates teacher can go next

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

Pilates teachers plan, teach, and adapt exercises based on the work and principles of Joseph Pilates. They collect and analyse information for each client to ensure that programmes are safe, appropriate and effective. They apply the principles of Pilates through the planning and teaching of supportive, non-competitive lesson. They motivate and encourage clients to ensure their adherence to regular sessions.

Also known as pilates matwork instructor, matwork pilates teacher, pilates coach, pilates instructor, pilates trainer, yoga and pilates matwork teacher, pilates and movement specialist, pilates teacher & personal trainer, teacher of pilates, pilates matwork teacher, pilates teacher and personal trainer.

Technicians and associate professionals 26 skills on file 4 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: sport therapist, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sport therapist 66% covered personal trainer 64% covered fitness instructor 58% covered leisure attendant 47% covered pilates teacher You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from pilates teacher, 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 pilates teacher already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A pilates teacher needs 18 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
  • adapt Pilates exercises communication, collaboration and creativity
  • deliver Pilates exercises communication, collaboration and creativity
  • demonstrate professional Pilates attitude communication, collaboration and creativity
  • integrate principles of Pilates training communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare Pilates exercise session management skills
  • attend to fitness clients under controlled health conditions assisting and caring
  • manage fitness communication communication, collaboration and creativity
  • collect client fitness information information skills
  • integrate exercise science to the design of the programme assisting and caring
  • identify customer objectives communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Pilates teacher is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 pilates teacher’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.