Where a tutor can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a tutor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Tutors provide personalised education to the children of employers or to adults, in addition to the main education system. They help students improve their knowledge and competence of a specific subject, at their own pace. Tutors will teach their students study techniques and strategies in order to ensure their academic development and will assess the student's progress throughout the tutoring sessions.
Also known as private tutor, classroom tutor, students assistant.
Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: special educational needs itinerant teacher, 59%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A tutor needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- tutor students communication, collaboration and creativity
- assist children with homework assisting and caring
- identify clients' needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- consult student's support system communication, collaboration and creativity
- maintain relations with children's parents communication, collaboration and creativity
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements management skills
- assess the development of youth management skills
- perform services in a flexible manner communication, collaboration and creativity
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities communication, collaboration and creativity
- demonstrate when teaching communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a tutor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- learning support teacher 76% covered · difficulty 26.8
- special educational needs itinerant teacher 57% covered · difficulty 45.7
- bus driving instructor 44% covered · difficulty 56.7
- car driving instructor 44% covered · difficulty 56.7
- driving instructor 44% covered · difficulty 56.7
- motorcycle instructor 44% covered · difficulty 56.7
- truck driving instructor 44% covered · difficulty 56.7
- public speaking coach 41% covered · difficulty 58.9
- lifeguard instructor 39% covered · difficulty 61.3
- educational counsellor 35% covered · difficulty 64.3
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Tutor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a tutor’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.