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A audiology technician already meets 30% of what the audiologist role asks for. The move turns on 41 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
80.5/ 100
1 Share of the audiologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the audiology 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 this move works
A audiologist role treats 19 of its required skills as things a audiology technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- acoustics
- adapt hearing tests
- adjust hearing aids
- communication related to hearing impairment
- comply with legislation related to health care
- contribute to continuity of health care
What stands in the way is 41 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A audiologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a audiology technician background worth leading with.
- already held adapt hearing tests assisting and caring
- already held adjust hearing aids working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held hearing aids health and welfare
- already held human ear health and welfare
- already held physiology of hearing health and welfare
- already held produce impressions for ear moulds handling and moving
All 20 carried skills, including the 19 the audiologist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 51 missing skills fall into 10 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 counsel patients on improving hearing required
- required, not held instruct on the use of hearing aids required
- required, not held accept own accountability required
- required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- required, not held communicate in healthcare required
- required, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
- required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
- required, not held interact with healthcare users required
- required, not held provide health education required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- required, not held balance disorders required
- required, not held physiology of balance required
- required, not held audiology required
- required, not held audiometry required
- required, not held human anatomy required
- required, not held human physiology required
- required, not held neurophysiology required
- required, not held pathology required
- optional, not held counselling methods optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held paediatrics optional
- required, not held adjust cochlear implants required
- required, not held clean patients' ear canals required
- required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- required, not held diagnose hearing impairement required
- required, not held evaluate the psychological impact of hearing problems required
- required, not held monitor patients' progress related to treatment required
- required, not held undertake clinical audit required
- required, not held conduct health related research required
- required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
- optional, not held conduct research on hearing topics optional
- required, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- required, not held respond to changing situations in health care required
- optional, not held supervise audiology team optional
- required, not held psychoacoustics required
- optional, not held human psychological development optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a audiologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adjust cochlear implants skill · occupation specific
- 02 balance disorders knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 clean patients' ear canals 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held acoustics knowledge
- already held adapt hearing tests skill
- already held adjust hearing aids skill
- already held communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held hearing aids knowledge
- already held hearing loss knowledge
- already held human ear knowledge
- already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- already held interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held physiology of hearing knowledge
- already held produce impressions for ear moulds skill
- already held refer healthcare users skill
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
- already held use of specialised instruments in otorhinolaryngology skill
- already held use special hearing equipment for tests skill
- already held geriatrics knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held health care legislation required
- required, not held health care system required
- optional, not held speech techniques optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct research on hearing topics optional
- optional, not held supervise audiology team optional
- optional, not held human psychological development optional
- optional, not held counselling methods optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held paediatrics optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held speech techniques optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
11 held skills the audiologist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on hearing aids skill
- not needed by the target role assist audiologists with screening skill
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain laboratory equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of clients' prescriptions skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies for audiology services skill
- not needed by the target role perform technical tasks with great care skill
- not needed by the target role prepare audiologist patients for assessments skill
- not needed by the target role recommend hearing aids skill
- not needed by the target role repair hearing aids skill
- not needed by the target role types of audiological equipment knowledge
17 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held balance disorders required
- required, not held physiology of balance required
- required, not held audiology required
- required, not held audiometry required
- required, not held psychoacoustics required
- required, not held health care legislation required
- required, not held health care system required
- required, not held human anatomy required
- required, not held human physiology required
- required, not held neurophysiology required
- required, not held pathology required
- optional, not held human psychological development optional
- optional, not held counselling methods optional
- optional, not held disability types optional
- optional, not held paediatrics optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held speech techniques optional
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.