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Where a digital games tester can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a digital games tester already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Digital games testers review and test various genres of digital games by playing them in order to find bugs and glitches within the game's functionality or graphics. They may evaluate the capacity of attraction and playability of games. They may also debug the games themselves.

Highest coverage recorded: 78%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 4difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 38required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

ICT accessibility tester 52% covered · difficulty 55.1

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digital games tester is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a digital games tester already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.