respiratory therapy techniciantodental technician
A respiratory therapy technician already meets 28% of what the dental technician role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 73.1 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the dental technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the respiratory therapy 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 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dental technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a respiratory therapy technician background worth leading with.
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
- already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills
- already held contribute to continuity of health care assisting and caring
- already held communicate in healthcare communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users assisting and caring
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams communication, collaboration and creativity
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the dental technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 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 manufacture dental prostheses required
- required, not held polish dental prostheses required
- required, not held repair denture prostheses required
- required, not held select materials for orthodontic appliances required
- required, not held manipulate dental material required
- required, not held accept own accountability required
- required, not held follow dentists' instructions required
- required, not held listen actively required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held train dental technician staff optional
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- required, not held manage infection control in the facility required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- required, not held examine dental models and impressions required
- required, not held test dental appliances for compliance required
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- optional, not held supervise dental technician staff optional
- optional, not held handle payments in dentistry optional
- required, not held maintain laboratory dental tools required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dental technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 examine dental models and impressions skill · occupation specific
- 02 manufacture dental prostheses skill · occupation specific
- 03 polish dental prostheses skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held supervise dental technician staff optional
- optional, not held train dental technician staff optional
- optional, not held handle payments in dentistry optional
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
24 held skills the dental technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
- not needed by the target role carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill
- not needed by the target role clinical imaging techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical perfusion knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- not needed by the target role conduct polysomnography skill
- not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- not needed by the target role emergency surgery knowledge
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret medical images skill
- not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data 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 operate breathing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate heart-lung machines skill
- not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role provide pre-treatment information skill
- not needed by the target role rehabilitation of all organ systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role respiratory medicine knowledge
- not needed by the target role respiratory therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role surgery knowledge
Other moves recorded from respiratory therapy technician
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.