cytotechnologisttoanatomical pathology technician
A cytotechnologist already meets 41% of what the anatomical pathology technician role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
41%
69.2/ 100
1 Share of the anatomical pathology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cytotechnologist 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 anatomical pathology technician role treats 14 of its required skills as things a cytotechnologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- apply context specific clinical competences
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- follow clinical guidelines
What stands in the way is 18 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A anatomical pathology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cytotechnologist background worth leading with.
- already held perform virological test 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 follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health handling and moving
- already held medical informatics health and welfare
All 18 carried skills, including the 14 the anatomical pathology technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 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.
- required, not held assist with reconstructing the body after autopsy required
- required, not held conduct visits to the postmortem room required
- required, not held cope with unusual stimuli in the mortuary facility required
- required, not held perform mortuary facility administration required
- required, not held provide information on mortuary services required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held select hazard control required
- required, not held pathological anatomy required
- required, not held human anatomy required
- required, not held human physiology required
- required, not held pathology required
- optional, not held forensic pathology optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- required, not held carry out an autopsy required
- required, not held perform pathology consultations required
- optional, not held conduct routine blood testing optional
- optional, not held perform forensic examinations optional
- required, not held work with authorities related to mortuary services required
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
- optional, not held osteology optional
- required, not held take samples during autopsy required
- optional, not held dispose medical waste optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a anatomical pathology technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist with reconstructing the body after autopsy skill · occupation specific
- 02 conduct visits to the postmortem room skill · occupation specific
- 03 cope with unusual stimuli in the mortuary facility 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- 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 follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- 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 observe confidentiality skill
- already held sterilization techniques knowledge
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held perform virological test skill
- already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
- optional, not held toxicology optional
- required, not held legal requirements related to mortuary services required
- optional, not held perform PCR covid test optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held forensic pathology optional
- optional, not held perform PCR covid test optional
- optional, not held conduct routine blood testing optional
- optional, not held osteology optional
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held dispose medical waste optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held perform forensic examinations optional
- optional, not held toxicology optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
37 held skills the anatomical pathology technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
- not needed by the target role apply good clinical practices skill
- not needed by the target role apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
- not needed by the target role biosafety in biomedical laboratory knowledge
- not needed by the target role biostatistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out flow cytometry skill
- not needed by the target role cervical screening knowledge
- not needed by the target role check the received biological samples skill
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical cytology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct cancer screening tests skill
- not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the procurement of organs for transplantation skill
- not needed by the target role cytopathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role examine cell specimens microscopically skill
- not needed by the target role fine-needle aspiration knowledge
- not needed by the target role genomics knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role interpret urology diagnostic tests skill
- not needed by the target role label medical laboratory samples skill
- not needed by the target role maintain medical laboratory equipment skill
- not needed by the target role medical genetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role microscopic techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate microscope skill
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform gynecological examination skill
- not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide test results to medical staff skill
- not needed by the target role recognize cytologic abnormalities skill
- not needed by the target role tissue cytogenetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role transplantation knowledge
- not needed by the target role urogynaecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role urolithiasis in the urinary tract knowledge
11 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 legal requirements related to mortuary services required
- required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
- required, not held pathological anatomy required
- required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
- required, not held human anatomy required
- required, not held human physiology required
- required, not held pathology required
- optional, not held forensic pathology optional
- optional, not held osteology optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held toxicology 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.