complementary therapisttoshiatsu practitioner
A complementary therapist already meets 65% of what the shiatsu practitioner role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
65%
42.7/ 100
1 Share of the shiatsu practitioner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the complementary therapist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A shiatsu practitioner role treats 13 of its required skills as things a complementary therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate with customers
- complementary and alternative medicine
- develop therapeutic relationships
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- give shiatsu massages
What stands in the way is 9 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 39 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A shiatsu practitioner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a complementary therapist background worth leading with.
- already held identify energetic meridians assisting and caring
- already held acupressure health and welfare
- already held give shiatsu massages assisting and caring
- already held iridology health and welfare
- already held pathologies treated by acupuncture health and welfare
- already held traditional Chinese medicine health and welfare
All 39 carried skills, including the 13 the shiatsu practitioner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held listen actively required
- required, not held provide health education required
- optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
- optional, not held advise on mental health optional
- optional, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients optional
- optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
- required, not held massage theory required
- required, not held massage types required
- optional, not held general medicine optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
- required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
- optional, not held apply deep tissue massage optional
- required, not held observe healthcare users required
- optional, not held address side effects of menopause optional
- required, not held maintain work area cleanliness required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a shiatsu practitioner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply context specific clinical competences skill · sector specific
- 02 identify customer's needs skill · sector specific
- 03 observe healthcare users skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 39 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held complementary and alternative medicine knowledge
- 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 give shiatsu massages skill
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held identify energetic meridians skill
- already held pathologies treated by acupuncture knowledge
- already held promote mental health skill
- already held relaxation techniques knowledge
- already held traditional Chinese medicine knowledge
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held acupressure knowledge
- already held acupuncture methods knowledge
- already held advise on healthy lifestyles skill
- already held apply a holistic approach in care skill
- already held apply acupuncture skill
- already held apply aromatherapy skill
- already held apply massage therapy skill
- already held auriculotherapy knowledge
- already held balneotherapy knowledge
- already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions skill
- already held etiopathy knowledge
- already held fasciatherapy knowledge
- already held give massages skill
- already held homeopathy knowledge
- already held homeopathy remedies knowledge
- already held iridology knowledge
- already held kinesiology knowledge
- already held kinetics knowledge
- already held phytotherapy knowledge
- already held promote healthy lifestyle skill
- already held reflexology knowledge
- already held select acupuncture points skill
- already held skin types knowledge
- already held sterilization techniques knowledge
- already held types of aromatherapy treatments knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held address side effects of menopause optional
- optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
- optional, not held advise on mental health optional
- optional, not held apply deep tissue massage optional
- optional, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients optional
- optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
- optional, not held general medicine optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
34 held skills the shiatsu practitioner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role applied kinesiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply systemic therapy skill
- not needed by the target role attend to sophrology clients skill
- not needed by the target role ayurveda medicine knowledge
- not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role breathing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of plants knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct a homeopathic consultation skill
- not needed by the target role conduct cupping therapy skill
- not needed by the target role conduct physical examinations skill
- not needed by the target role deliver sophrology exercises skill
- not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical stimulation in acupuncture knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of exercise environment skill
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role inform clients of healthy lifestyle benefits skill
- not needed by the target role movement techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role multi-professional cooperation in health care knowledge
- not needed by the target role offer advice on diet-related concerns skill
- not needed by the target role osteopathy knowledge
- not needed by the target role play therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare oils skill
- not needed by the target role prepare sophrology session skill
- not needed by the target role prescribe exercises skill
- not needed by the target role prescribe topical therapy skill
- not needed by the target role reiki knowledge
- not needed by the target role safely instruct about fitness skill
- not needed by the target role shiatsu knowledge
- not needed by the target role sophrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role tai chi knowledge
- not needed by the target role therapeutic massage knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of essential oils knowledge
- not needed by the target role vojta therapy knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held massage theory required
- required, not held massage types required
- optional, not held general medicine optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
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.