dietetic techniciantorespiratory therapy technician
A dietetic technician already meets 41% of what the respiratory therapy technician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the respiratory therapy technician 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.
Why this move works
A respiratory therapy technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a dietetic technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A respiratory therapy technician 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.
- 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 use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
- already held manage healthcare users' data information skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the respiratory therapy technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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.
- required, not held clinical perfusion required
- required, not held respiratory medicine required
- required, not held respiratory therapy required
- optional, not held emergency surgery optional
- optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
- optional, not held surgery optional
- optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- required, not held carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures required
- required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held operate breathing equipment required
- required, not held operate heart-lung machines required
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- optional, not held promote health and safety optional
- optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
- optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
- optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
- optional, not held interpret medical images optional
- optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a respiratory therapy technician 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 carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill · sector specific
- 03 clinical perfusion knowledge · 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- already held health care legislation knowledge
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held manage healthcare users' data skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
- optional, not held emergency surgery optional
- optional, not held interpret medical images optional
- optional, not held promote health and safety optional
- optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
- optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
- optional, not held surgery optional
- optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
- optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
27 held skills the respiratory therapy technician role does not ask for
- 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 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 empathise with the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role european food safety policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
- 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 identify nutritional properties of food skill
- not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users 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 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
8 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 clinical perfusion required
- required, not held respiratory medicine required
- required, not held respiratory therapy required
- optional, not held emergency surgery optional
- optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
- optional, not held surgery optional
- optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
- optional, not held first aid 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.