Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a radiographer can go next

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

Radiographers use a range of technologies to examine, treat and care for patients. They work in the fields of Medical Imaging, Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine and apply ionising radiation, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and radioactive sources.

Also known as clinical radiographer, practitioner of radiography, medical radiation technologist, expert radiographer, clinical radiography practitioner, specialist radiographer.

Professionals 77 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: diagnostic radiographer, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
diagnostic radiographer 80% covered respiratory therapy technician 58% covered radiation therapist 56% covered healthcare assistant 53% covered orthoptist 51% covered radiographer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from radiographer, 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 radiographer 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 radiographer needs 55 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
  • develop new imaging techniques working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • healthcare data systems health and welfare
  • interact with healthcare suppliers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret requests for imaging examinations information skills
  • apply radiological health sciences information skills
  • determine imaging techniques to be performed assisting and caring
  • evidence-based radiography practice health and welfare
  • maintain imaging equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manage radiology information system information skills
  • medical contrast agents health and welfare
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Radiographer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

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