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

anatomical pathology techniciantophlebotomist

A anatomical pathology technician already meets 38% of what the phlebotomist role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From anatomical pathology technician
38%
Overlap1
To phlebotomist
13 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
67.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.6/ 100

1 Share of the phlebotomist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the anatomical pathology 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 phlebotomist role treats 10 of its required skills as things a anatomical pathology technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • human anatomy
  • human physiology
  • hygiene in a health care setting
  • infection control

What stands in the way is 15 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 phlebotomist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a anatomical pathology technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held conduct routine blood testing information skills
  • already held infection control health and welfare
  • already held manage infection control in the facility assisting and caring
  • already held sterilization techniques health and welfare
  • already held medical informatics health and welfare
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting services

All 13 carried skills, including the 10 the phlebotomist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
  • required, not held perform venepuncture procedures required
  • required, not held respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions required
  • required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery optional
02 handling and moving 4 required
  • required, not held collect biological samples from patients required
  • required, not held label blood samples required
  • required, not held label medical laboratory samples required
  • required, not held transport blood samples required
03 health and welfare 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held blood donation required
  • required, not held techniques of blood-sampling required
  • optional, not held blood product storage conditions optional
  • optional, not held blood collection on babies optional
  • optional, not held blood type classification optional
  • optional, not held paediatric phlebotomy procedures optional
  • optional, not held blood transfusion optional
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
  • required, not held maintain professional records required
  • optional, not held conduct cancer screening tests optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment required
  • required, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held interact with healthcare users required
  • optional, not held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a phlebotomist 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 human anatomy knowledge
  • already held human physiology knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • already held infection control knowledge
  • already held manage infection control in the facility skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held sterilization techniques knowledge
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held conduct routine blood testing skill
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held blood product storage conditions optional
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held blood collection on babies optional
  • optional, not held blood type classification optional
  • optional, not held conduct cancer screening tests optional
  • optional, not held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients optional
  • optional, not held paediatric phlebotomy procedures optional
  • optional, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery optional
  • optional, not held blood transfusion optional
34 held skills the phlebotomist 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 apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role assist with reconstructing the body after autopsy skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out an autopsy skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct visits to the postmortem room skill
  • not needed by the target role cope with unusual stimuli in the mortuary facility skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose medical waste skill
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
  • not needed by the target role forensic pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements related to mortuary services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role osteology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pathological anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform PCR covid test skill
  • not needed by the target role perform forensic examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform mortuary facility administration skill
  • not needed by the target role perform pathology consultations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform virological test skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on mortuary services skill
  • not needed by the target role select hazard control skill
  • not needed by the target role take samples during autopsy skill
  • not needed by the target role toxicology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • not needed by the target role work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role work with authorities related to mortuary services skill
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 blood donation required
  • required, not held techniques of blood-sampling required
  • optional, not held blood product storage conditions optional
  • optional, not held blood collection on babies optional
  • optional, not held blood type classification optional
  • optional, not held paediatric phlebotomy procedures optional
  • optional, not held blood transfusion optional
Index

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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.