Table 1Transition record

anaesthetic techniciantodietetic technician

A anaesthetic technician already meets 32% of what the dietetic technician role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.

From anaesthetic technician

32%

Overlap1

To dietetic technician

13 Skills carried over

20 Required, not held

72.7 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.7/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the dietetic technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the anaesthetic 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.

Why

Why this move works

A dietetic technician role treats 9 of its required skills as things a anaesthetic technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

communicate in healthcare
comply with legislation related to health care
comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
empathise with the healthcare user
human anatomy
medical informatics

What stands in the way is 20 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dietetic technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a anaesthetic technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held professional documentation in health care health and welfare
already held medical informatics health and welfare
already held medical terminology health and welfare
already held manage healthcare users' data information skills
already held deal with emergency care situations assisting and caring
already held use foreign languages in patient care communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the dietetic technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 9 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 5 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held calculation of food energy required
required, not held dietetics required
required, not held nutrition of healthy persons required
required, not held composition of diets required
required, not held counselling methods required

optional, not held obesity optional
optional, not held geriatrics optional

02 assisting and caring 5 required

required, not held prepare infant formulae required
required, not held use food preparation techniques required
required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
required, not held identify nutritional properties of food required

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required

required, not held plan patient menus required
required, not held educate healthcare users on nutrition required
required, not held interact with healthcare users required
required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required

04 services 3 required

required, not held food hygiene rules required
required, not held food safety standards required
required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held food preservation required

optional, not held european food safety policy optional

06 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held health care legislation required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dietetic 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 13 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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 empathise with the healthcare user skill
already held human anatomy knowledge
already held medical informatics knowledge
already held monitor stock level skill
already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
already held deal with emergency care situations skill
already held manage healthcare users' data skill
already held medical terminology knowledge
already held use foreign languages in patient care skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 working with computers 1 required

required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required

08 education 1 supplementary

optional, not held pedagogy optional

09 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held store raw food materials optional

5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held european food safety policy optional
optional, not held obesity optional
optional, not held geriatrics optional
optional, not held pedagogy optional
optional, not held store raw food materials optional

45 held skills the dietetic technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role administer anaesthetics to patients skill
not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
not needed by the target role arrange surgery operating site skill
not needed by the target role assess patients after surgery skill
not needed by the target role assist in epilepsy surgery skill
not needed by the target role assist with hemostasis skill
not needed by the target role biophysics knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct preoperative investigations skill
not needed by the target role demonstrate technical skills during neurological surgery skill
not needed by the target role dispose medical waste skill
not needed by the target role emergency medicine knowledge
not needed by the target role emergency surgery knowledge
not needed by the target role endoscopy knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
not needed by the target role ensure the positioning of the patient for surgery skill
not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
not needed by the target role infection control knowledge
not needed by the target role instruct on allergic reactions to anaesthetics skill
not needed by the target role intensive care medicine knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain anaesthetic machinery skill
not needed by the target role manage acute pain skill
not needed by the target role manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia skill
not needed by the target role manage infection control in the facility skill
not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
not needed by the target role monitor patients during surgery skill
not needed by the target role order supplies for anaesthesia services skill
not needed by the target role perform bronchoscopy skill
not needed by the target role perform eye surgery skill
not needed by the target role perform reconstructive microsurgery skill
not needed by the target role perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures skill
not needed by the target role perform venepuncture procedures skill
not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
not needed by the target role positions for surgical procedures knowledge
not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
not needed by the target role resuscitation knowledge
not needed by the target role spine surgery knowledge
not needed by the target role sterilization techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role surgery knowledge

5 further entries not listed here

14 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 calculation of food energy required
required, not held dietetics required
required, not held food hygiene rules required
required, not held food preservation required
required, not held food safety standards required
required, not held nutrition of healthy persons required
required, not held composition of diets required
required, not held counselling methods required
required, not held health care legislation required
required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
optional, not held european food safety policy optional
optional, not held obesity optional
optional, not held geriatrics optional
optional, not held pedagogy optional

Index

Other moves recorded from anaesthetic technician

Full index of moves from anaesthetic technician

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.