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

herbal therapisttotraditional chinese medicine therapist

A herbal therapist already meets 59% of what the traditional chinese medicine therapist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From herbal therapist
59%
Overlap1
To traditional chinese medicine therapist
22 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
47 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47/ 100

1 Share of the traditional chinese medicine therapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the herbal 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

Why this move works

A traditional chinese medicine therapist role treats 14 of its required skills as things a herbal therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • develop therapeutic relationships
  • empathise with the healthcare user
  • ensure safety of healthcare users
  • follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
  • human anatomy

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A traditional chinese medicine therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a herbal therapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system assisting and caring
  • already held complementary and alternative medicine health and welfare
  • already held observe healthcare users information skills
  • already held acupuncture methods 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

All 22 carried skills, including the 14 the traditional chinese medicine therapist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 health and welfare 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held pathologies treated by acupuncture required
  • required, not held traditional Chinese medicine required
  • required, not held pathology required
  • optional, not held auriculotherapy optional
  • optional, not held composition of diets optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held counsel healthcare users on medicines required
  • required, not held advise on healthy lifestyles required
  • optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held monitor patient's health condition required
  • required, not held monitor patients' progress related to treatment required
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply massage therapy required
  • optional, not held select acupuncture points optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held biomedicine required
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held relaxation techniques optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a traditional chinese medicine therapist 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment skill
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held human physiology knowledge
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • already held observe healthcare users skill
  • already held phytotherapy knowledge
  • already held promote mental health skill
  • already held refer healthcare users skill
  • already held acupuncture methods knowledge
  • already held address side effects of menopause skill
  • already held apply acupuncture skill
  • already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions skill
  • already held complementary and alternative medicine knowledge
  • already held develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system skill
  • already held general medicine knowledge
  • already held provide health education skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held auriculotherapy optional
  • optional, not held select acupuncture points optional
  • optional, not held composition of diets optional
  • optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
  • optional, not held relaxation techniques optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
30 held skills the traditional chinese medicine therapist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 aromatherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of plants knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect healthcare user's general data skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct physical examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship 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 homeopathy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role homeopathy remedies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role iridology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role reiki knowledge
  • not needed by the target role shiatsu knowledge
  • not needed by the target role study topics skill
  • not needed by the target role tai chi knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of aromatherapy treatments knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
9 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 biomedicine required
  • required, not held pathologies treated by acupuncture required
  • required, not held traditional Chinese medicine required
  • required, not held pathology required
  • optional, not held auriculotherapy optional
  • optional, not held composition of diets optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
  • optional, not held relaxation techniques optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from herbal therapist

Full index of moves from herbal therapist

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.