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

midwifetorespiratory therapy technician

A midwife already meets 49% of what the respiratory therapy technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From midwife
49%
Overlap1
To respiratory therapy technician
14 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
53.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.5/ 100

1 Share of the respiratory therapy technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the midwife 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 respiratory therapy technician role treats 9 of its required skills as things a midwife already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • contribute to continuity of health care
  • ensure safety of healthcare users
  • health care legislation

What stands in the way is 8 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A respiratory therapy technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a midwife background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held surgery health and welfare
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting services
  • already held health care legislation business, administration and law
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
  • already held manage healthcare users' data information skills

All 14 carried skills, including the 9 the respiratory therapy technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held clinical perfusion required
  • required, not held respiratory medicine required
  • required, not held respiratory therapy required
  • required, not held medical terminology required
  • optional, not held emergency surgery optional
  • optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
  • optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held operate breathing equipment required
  • required, not held operate heart-lung machines required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate in healthcare required
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures required
05 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
  • optional, not held interpret medical images optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a respiratory therapy 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held health care legislation knowledge
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held surgery knowledge
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
  • optional, not held emergency surgery optional
  • optional, not held interpret medical images optional
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
  • optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
  • optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
74 held skills the respiratory therapy technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on childbirth skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on family planning skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on pregnancies at risk skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
  • not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analgesics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply acupuncture skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the course of breast-feeding period skill
  • not needed by the target role assist on pregnancy abnormality skill
  • not needed by the target role care for the new-born infant skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out treatment prescribed by doctors skill
  • not needed by the target role childbirth knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct research on reproductive medicine skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct spontaneous child deliveries skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
  • not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • not needed by the target role embryology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy skill
  • not needed by the target role epidemiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role examine the new-born infant skill
  • not needed by the target role female reproductive system pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role homeopathy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • not needed by the target role lactation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor pregnancy skill
  • not needed by the target role neonatology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role obstetric ultrasonography knowledge

34 further entries not listed here

9 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 clinical perfusion required
  • required, not held respiratory medicine required
  • required, not held respiratory therapy required
  • required, not held medical terminology required
  • optional, not held emergency surgery optional
  • optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
  • optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from midwife

Full index of moves from midwife

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.