Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a podiatry assistant can go next

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

Podiatry assistants help the podiatrist by carrying out supportive tasks such as assisting in diagnosing and treating the disorders, diseases and deformities of the feet, advising people on foot care techniques and the importance of foot care for promoting better mobility and general well-being. They also perform small tasks such as cutting toe nails, applying plasters and general clerical duties.

Also known as assistant in podiatric foot care, chiropody assistant, foot care assistant, podiatry foot care assistant, podology assistant, assistant in chiropody, assistant practitioner in podiatry, assistant in podiatry, assistant in podology.

Professionals 57 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: podiatrist, 59%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
podiatrist 59% covered clinical coder 38% covered front line medical receptioni… 35% covered chiropractic assistant 34% covered doctors' surgery assistant 32% covered podiatry assistant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from podiatry assistant, 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 podiatry assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A podiatry assistant needs 29 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
  • podiatric diseases health and welfare
  • treat patients' nails assisting and caring
  • podiatric surgery health and welfare
  • chiropody health and welfare
  • collect healthcare user data under supervision information skills
  • foot problems health and welfare
  • orthopaedic treatment alternatives health and welfare
  • promote foot health communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide footwear advice to patients communication, collaboration and creativity
  • recommend orthotic devices communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Podiatry 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a podiatry assistant’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.