Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a prosthetist-orthotist can go next

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

Prosthetist-orthotists design and custom fit prostheses and orthoses for individuals who are missing a limb from accident, disease or congenital conditions or for individuals who have impairments, deficiences or weaknesses due to injury, pathology or congenital malformation. They mix patient care with the design and fabrication of these devices to address their patients' needs.

Technicians and associate professionals 57 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: prosthetic-orthotics technician, 57%

prosthetic-orthotics technici… 57% covered respiratory therapy technician 48% covered chiropractic assistant 40% covered clinical perfusion scientist 38% covered front line medical receptioni… 37% covered prosthetist-orthotist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from prosthetist-orthotist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a prosthetist-orthotist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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prosthetist-orthotist 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 prosthetist-orthotist 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.