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

dietetic techniciantocovid tester

A dietetic technician already meets 35% of what the covid tester role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From dietetic technician
35%
Overlap1
To covid tester
9 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
69.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 69.1

This move: 69.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the covid tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dietetic technician 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A covid tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dietetic technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held medical informatics health and welfare
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting services
  • already held medical terminology health and welfare
  • already held health care legislation business, administration and law
  • already held interact with healthcare users communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user assisting and caring

All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the covid tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 ensure safety regulations in dealing with infectious diseases required
  • required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
  • required, not held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required
  • required, not held wear appropriate protective gear required
02 health and welfare 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held communicable diseases required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held sterilization techniques required
  • optional, not held nursing principles optional
03 handling and moving 3 required
  • required, not held collect biological samples from patients required
  • required, not held label samples required
  • required, not held preserve samples required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held prevent communicable diseases' outbreaks required
  • required, not held interview people required
  • optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
05 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held use electronic health records management system required
  • required, not held implement data quality processes required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform PCR covid test required
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a covid tester 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held health care legislation knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held health records management required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
  • optional, not held nursing principles optional
29 held skills the covid tester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role calculation of food energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • not needed by the target role composition of diets knowledge
  • not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
  • not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate healthcare users on nutrition skill
  • not needed by the target role european food safety policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food hygiene rules knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food preservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food safety standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify nutritional properties of food skill
  • not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
  • not needed by the target role nutrition of healthy persons knowledge
  • not needed by the target role obesity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan patient menus skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare infant formulae skill
  • not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role store raw food materials skill
  • not needed by the target role use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role use food preparation techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
  • not needed by the target role work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
5 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 health records management required
  • required, not held communicable diseases required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held sterilization techniques required
  • optional, not held nursing principles optional
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.