Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a sign language interpreter can go next

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

Sign language interpreters understand and convert sign language into spoken language and vice versa. They maintain the nuances and the stress of the message in the recipient language.

Professionals 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: interpreter, 36%

interpreter 36% covered lexicographer 28% covered interpretation agency manager 25% covered translator 24% covered foreign language corresponden… 24% covered sign language interpreter You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from sign language interpreter. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sign language interpreter 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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sign language interpreter is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 sign language interpreter 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.