RecordOccupation

Where a professional athlete can go next

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

Professional athletes compete in sports and athletic events. They train on a regular basis and exercise with professional coaches and trainers.

Technicians and associate professionals 15 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: sports official, 24%

Fig. 2 — the 1 nearest destinations from professional athlete. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a professional athlete already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

sports official 24% covered · difficulty 66.6

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professional athlete is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a professional athlete already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.