Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

covid testertotemperature screener

A covid tester already meets 32% of what the temperature screener role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From covid tester
32%
Overlap1
To temperature screener
6 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
60.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.6/ 100

1 Share of the temperature screener role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the covid tester 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

Why this move works

A temperature screener role treats 4 of its required skills as things a covid tester already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure safety regulations in dealing with infectious diseases
  • infection control
  • interview people
  • wear appropriate protective gear

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A temperature screener role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a covid tester background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure safety regulations in dealing with infectious diseases assisting and caring
  • already held infection control health and welfare
  • already held health records management business, administration and law
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting services
  • already held interview people communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held wear appropriate protective gear assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the temperature screener role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 4 required
  • required, not held apply social distancing protocols required
  • required, not held provide protective equipment against infectious diseases required
  • required, not held greet guests required
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held execute working instructions required
  • required, not held maintain customer service required
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held customer service required
04 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held ensure sanitation required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held measure temperature required
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held workplace sanitation required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a temperature screener role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure safety regulations in dealing with infectious diseases skill
  • already held infection control knowledge
  • already held interview people skill
  • already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
  • already held health records management knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
22 held skills the temperature screener role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
  • not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
  • not needed by the target role communicable diseases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
  • not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement data quality processes skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role label samples skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role medical informatics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role nursing principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform PCR covid test skill
  • not needed by the target role preserve samples skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent communicable diseases' outbreaks skill
  • not needed by the target role sterilization techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use electronic health records management system skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held customer service required
  • required, not held workplace sanitation required
Index
Note

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.