Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a radiation therapist can go next

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

Radiation therapists are responsible for the accurate delivery of radiotherapy to cancer patients and, as part of the multidisciplinary team, for elements of treatment preparation and patient care. This encompasses the safe and accurate delivery of the radiation dose prescribed and the clinical care and support of the patient throughout the treatment preparation, treatment delivery and immediate post treatment phases.

Also known as radiotherapy technologist, therapeutic radiography practitioner, therapeutic radiographer, technologist in radiotherapy, RTT, practitioner of therapeutic radiography, therapy radiographer, radiological technologist, radiotherapy radiographer.

Technicians and associate professionals 63 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: nuclear medicine radiographer, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
nuclear medicine radiographer 55% covered diagnostic radiographer 51% covered radiographer 47% covered respiratory therapy technician 45% covered clinical perfusion scientist 42% covered radiation therapist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from radiation therapist, 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 radiation therapist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A radiation therapist needs 53 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
  • adhere to the ALARA principle assisting and caring
  • administer radiation treatment assisting and caring
  • delineate organs at risk assisting and caring
  • immunotherapy health and welfare
  • influence of adjuvant treatment on radiotherapy health and welfare
  • oncologic hormone therapy health and welfare
  • perform image guidance in radiation therapy assisting and caring
  • perform pre-treatment imaging assisting and caring
  • perform radiation treatments assisting and caring
  • perform virtual simulation assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Radiation therapist 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 radiation therapist’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.