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

radiation therapisttorespiratory therapy technician

A radiation therapist already meets 45% of what the respiratory therapy technician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From radiation therapist
45%
Overlap1
To respiratory therapy technician
13 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
58.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.4/ 100

1 Share of the respiratory therapy technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the radiation therapist 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 8 of its required skills as things a radiation therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • contribute to continuity of health care
  • health care legislation
  • human anatomy

What stands in the way is 9 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 respiratory therapy technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a radiation therapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide pre-treatment information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held interpret medical images information skills
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting services
  • already held medical terminology health and welfare
  • already held health care legislation business, administration and law
  • already held manage healthcare users' data information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the respiratory therapy technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 health and welfare 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held clinical perfusion required
  • required, not held respiratory medicine required
  • required, not held respiratory therapy required
  • optional, not held emergency surgery optional
  • optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
  • optional, not held surgery optional
  • optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
  • required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures required
  • required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held operate breathing equipment required
  • required, not held operate heart-lung machines required
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies 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 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 comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held health care legislation knowledge
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held interpret medical images skill
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held provide pre-treatment information skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care 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 promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
  • optional, not held surgery optional
  • optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
  • optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
50 held skills the respiratory therapy technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational code of ethics skill
  • not needed by the target role adhere to the ALARA principle skill
  • not needed by the target role administer contrast media skill
  • not needed by the target role administer radiation treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role advocate for healthcare users' needs skill
  • not needed by the target role apply radiation protection procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role biomarkers 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 conduct radiotherapy computer planning skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct video telemetry skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
  • not needed by the target role delineate organs at risk skill
  • not needed by the target role determine medical images' diagnostic suitability skill
  • not needed by the target role dosimetric planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electroencephalography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role formulate a treatment plan skill
  • not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify progression of disease skill
  • not needed by the target role immunotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role influence of adjuvant treatment on radiotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role medical contrast agents knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical oncology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role oncologic hormone therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform image guidance in radiation therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role perform on-treatment review skill
  • not needed by the target role perform pre-treatment imaging skill
  • not needed by the target role perform radiation treatments skill
  • not needed by the target role perform transcranial magnetic stimulation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform venous cannulation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform virtual simulation skill
  • not needed by the target role pharmaceutical products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role post-process medical images skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare examination room for radiation treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare patients for imaging procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role promote cancer preventive information skill
  • not needed by the target role provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill

10 further entries not listed here

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

Other moves recorded from radiation therapist

Full index of moves from radiation therapist

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.