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

speech and language therapisttorespiratory therapy technician

A speech and language therapist already meets 61% of what the respiratory therapy technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From speech and language therapist
61%
Overlap1
To respiratory therapy technician
18 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
43.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.2/ 100

1 Share of the respiratory therapy technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the speech and language 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 respiratory therapy technician role treats 11 of its required skills as things a speech and language therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • contribute to continuity of health care
  • ensure safety of healthcare users

What stands in the way is 6 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 18 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 speech and language therapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held conduct polysomnography information skills
  • 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 develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity

All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the respiratory therapy technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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, 4 supplementary
  • 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
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held operate breathing equipment required
  • required, not held operate heart-lung machines required
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held interpret medical images optional
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • 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 contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users 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 conduct polysomnography skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
69 held skills the respiratory therapy technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role audiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role audiometry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role autism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role behavioural neurology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role bobath therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct research on speech-related topics skill
  • not needed by the target role counsel on communication disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role counsel patients on improving speech skill
  • not needed by the target role cued speech knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose speech disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • not needed by the target role encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate the psychological impact of speech problems skill
  • not needed by the target role exercise patience skill
  • not needed by the target role facial gymnastics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hearing loss knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology skill
  • not needed by the target role linguistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lip reading knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role logopaedics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor patients' progress related to treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role movement techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neurology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neuropsychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise relapse prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role otorhinolaryngologic conditions knowledge

29 further entries not listed here

7 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 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
Index

Other moves recorded from speech and language therapist

Full index of moves from speech and language 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.