Where a vocational teacher can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a vocational teacher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Vocational teachers instruct students in their specialised field of study, which is predominantly practical in nature. They provide theoretical instruction in service of the practical skills and techniques that the students must subsequently master in the specialised vocation of their choice and aid in the development of the according attitudes and values. Vocational teachers monitor the students progress, assist individually when necessary, and evaluate their knowledge and performance on the subject through assignments, tests and examinations.
Also known as vocational college lecturer, vocational instructor, vocational university tutor, vocational educator, vocational college teacher, vocational tutor, vocational teaching assistant, career and technology teacher, technical institute teacher, vocational education teacher, technological institute teacher, vocational university teacher.
Professionals 115 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: medical laboratory technology vocational teacher, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- medical laboratory technology vocational teacher 80% covered · difficulty 26.2
- hairdressing vocational teacher 80% covered · difficulty 26.6
- business and marketing vocational teacher 79% covered · difficulty 28.2
- transport technology vocational teacher 79% covered · difficulty 28
- beauty vocational teacher 79% covered · difficulty 28.5
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A vocational teacher needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- work in vocational school communication, collaboration and creativity
- adapt training to labour market information skills
- instructional strategies education
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities communication, collaboration and creativity
- apply intercultural teaching strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
- assessment processes education
- assist students in their learning communication, collaboration and creativity
- assess students management skills
- guarantee students' safety assisting and caring
- apply teaching strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
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Vocational teacher 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 vocational teacher’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.