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

medical physics experttophysics technician

A medical physics expert already meets 37% of what the physics technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From medical physics expert
37%
Overlap1
To physics technician
10 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
59.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.6/ 100

1 Share of the physics technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the medical physics expert 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 physics technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a medical physics expert already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse experimental laboratory data
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations
  • laboratory techniques
  • perform laboratory tests
  • scientific research methodology
  • use measurement instruments

What stands in the way is 7 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A physics technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical physics expert background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held densiometry health and welfare
  • already held analyse experimental laboratory data information skills
  • already held laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held perform laboratory tests working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held apply scientific methods information skills
  • already held use measurement instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the physics technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held apply statistical analysis techniques required
  • required, not held gather experimental data required
  • required, not held report analysis results required
  • optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
  • optional, not held analyse scientific data optional
  • optional, not held observe matter optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held physics required
  • optional, not held quantum mechanics optional
  • optional, not held acoustics optional
  • optional, not held astronomy optional
  • optional, not held geology optional
  • optional, not held geophysics optional
  • optional, not held thermodynamics optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain laboratory equipment required
  • optional, not held calibrate laboratory equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate remote sensing equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate telescopes optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held assist scientific research required
  • optional, not held communicate with external laboratories optional
  • optional, not held write scientific publications optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a physics 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse experimental laboratory data skill
  • already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • already held laboratory techniques knowledge
  • already held perform laboratory tests skill
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
  • already held use measurement instruments skill
  • already held apply scientific methods skill
  • already held densiometry knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held statistics knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quantum computing optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held interpret geophysical data optional
  • optional, not held quantum computing optional
  • optional, not held quantum mechanics optional
  • optional, not held acoustics optional
  • optional, not held analyse scientific data optional
  • optional, not held astronomy optional
  • optional, not held calibrate laboratory equipment optional
  • optional, not held collect samples for analysis optional
  • optional, not held communicate with external laboratories optional
  • optional, not held geology optional
  • optional, not held geophysics optional
  • optional, not held observe matter optional
  • optional, not held operate remote sensing equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate telescopes optional
  • optional, not held thermodynamics optional
  • optional, not held write scientific publications optional
34 held skills the physics technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on medical device features skill
  • not needed by the target role apply radiation protection procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role assess radiation response skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate exposure to radiation skill
  • not needed by the target role cancer risks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
  • not needed by the target role contamination exposure regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • not needed by the target role develop radiation protection strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role dosimetric planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate delivery of radiation treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role general medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health technology assessment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implant brachytherapy treatments skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain medical devices skill
  • not needed by the target role measure physical phenomena in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical laboratory technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor radiation levels skill
  • not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform dosimetry measurements skill
  • not needed by the target role perform transcranial magnetic stimulation skill
  • not needed by the target role radiation physics in healthcare knowledge
  • not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role radiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role teach medical science skill
  • not needed by the target role test medical devices skill
  • not needed by the target role use treatment verification systems skill
  • not needed by the target role work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
8 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 physics required
  • optional, not held quantum computing optional
  • optional, not held quantum mechanics optional
  • optional, not held acoustics optional
  • optional, not held astronomy optional
  • optional, not held geology optional
  • optional, not held geophysics optional
  • optional, not held thermodynamics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from medical physics expert

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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.