Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a sport therapist can go next

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

Sport therapists program and supervise rehabilitation exercises for individuals and groups. They work with individuals that have chronic health conditions or are at high risk of developing them. They communicate with medical and healthcare professionals about participants' conditions using correct medical terminology, and with an understanding of the standard treatment options for an individual’s condition. Sport therapists take a holistic approach to the wellness of their clients that includes advising on lifestyle, food or time management. They do not have a medical background and do not require medical qualifications.

Also known as sport & exercise therapist, exercise specialist, health exercise specialist, exercise consultant, exercise therapist, sport and exercise therapist.

Technicians and associate professionals 21 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: personal trainer, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
personal trainer 73% covered pilates teacher 58% covered fitness instructor 50% covered leisure attendant 37% covered sports instructor 20% covered sport therapist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sport 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 sport therapist 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 sport therapist needs 20 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
  • conduct fitness risk assessment information skills
  • identify health objectives management skills
  • prescribe exercises for controlled health conditions assisting and caring
  • attend to fitness clients under controlled health conditions assisting and caring
  • manage fitness communication communication, collaboration and creativity
  • integrate principles of training communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adapt fitness exercises communication, collaboration and creativity
  • collect client fitness information information skills
  • integrate exercise science to the design of the programme assisting and caring
  • inform clients of healthy lifestyle benefits communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Sport 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 sport 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.