Aromatherapist to homeopath
An aromatherapist already meets 51% of what the homeopath role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.5/ 100
1 How much of what a homeopath is expected to do is already part of an aromatherapist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the homeopath role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A homeopath role treats 10 of its required skills as things an aromatherapist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply context specific clinical competences
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop therapeutic relationships
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- homeopathy
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A homeopath role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aromatherapist background worth leading with.
- already held homeopathy remedies health and welfare
- already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held homeopathy health and welfare
- already held record healthcare users' billing information information skills
- already held promote mental health management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 10 the homeopath role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn accept own accountability required
- still to learn advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- still to learn conduct a homeopathic consultation required
- still to learn develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- still to learn interact with healthcare users required
- optional, not held promote homeopathy optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
- still to learn refer healthcare users required
- still to learn comply with legislation related to health care required
- optional, not held deal with emergency care situations optional
- still to learn archive healthcare users' records required
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- optional, not held dietetics optional
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a homeopath role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 accept own accountability practise this
- 02 advise on healthcare users' informed consent practise this
- 03 archive healthcare users' records practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment skill
- already held homeopathy knowledge
- already held homeopathy remedies knowledge
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
- already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions skill
- already held pathology knowledge
- already held promote mental health skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held record healthcare users' billing information skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held manage staff optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held dietetics optional
- optional, not held promote homeopathy optional
- optional, not held deal with emergency care situations optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
47 held skills the homeopath role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acupuncture methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
- not needed by the target role advise on mental health skill
- not needed by the target role apply a holistic approach in care skill
- not needed by the target role apply acupuncture skill
- not needed by the target role apply aromatherapy skill
- not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
- not needed by the target role apply massage oil skill
- not needed by the target role apply massage therapy skill
- not needed by the target role clinical psychological treatment knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- not needed by the target role complementary and alternative medicine knowledge
- not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop personalised massage plan skill
- not needed by the target role discuss the medical history of the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role energy therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role etiopathy knowledge
- not needed by the target role fasciatherapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role general medicine knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role keep up to date with spa products skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
- not needed by the target role massage theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
- not needed by the target role observe healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role oversee spa maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role phytotherapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare oils skill
- not needed by the target role prescribe topical therapy skill
- not needed by the target role provide health psychological advice skill
- not needed by the target role record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
- not needed by the target role reflexology knowledge
- not needed by the target role relaxation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role sell products skill
- not needed by the target role sell services skill
- not needed by the target role shiatsu knowledge
- not needed by the target role tai chi knowledge
7 further entries not listed here
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held dietetics optional
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
Common questions about this move
Can an aromatherapist become a homeopath?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An aromatherapist already covers 51% of what a homeopath is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 10 of which the homeopath role treats as required.
What skills does an aromatherapist need to become a homeopath?
8 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is accept own accountability.
How hard is the move from aromatherapist to homeopath?
Its learning distance is 51.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.