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

picture archiving and communication systems administratortocovid tester

A picture archiving and communication systems administrator already meets 27% of what the covid tester role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From picture archiving and communication systems administrator
27%
Overlap1
To covid tester
7 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
74.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.3/ 100

1 Share of the covid tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the picture archiving and communication systems administrator 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 covid tester role treats 7 of its required skills as things a picture archiving and communication systems administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate in healthcare
  • empathise with the healthcare user
  • health records management
  • interact with healthcare users
  • medical informatics
  • medical terminology

What stands in the way is 18 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 7 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 picture archiving and communication systems administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use electronic health records management system working with computers
  • already held health records management business, administration and law
  • already held medical informatics health and welfare
  • already held medical terminology health and welfare
  • already held interact with healthcare users communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user assisting and caring

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the covid tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 8 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 6 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 comply with legislation related to health care required
  • required, not held follow clinical guidelines 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 machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform PCR covid test required
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held health care legislation required

2 further areas 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held health records management knowledge
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held use electronic health records management system skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
08 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held implement data quality processes 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
23 held skills the covid tester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Cisco knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role archive healthcare users' records skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
  • not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
  • not needed by the target role manage radiology information system skill
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role radiological photography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
  • not needed by the target role supplier management knowledge
6 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 communicable diseases required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting 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.