shiatsu practitionertosophrologist
A shiatsu practitioner already meets 62% of what the sophrologist role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
62%
49.4/ 100
1 Share of the sophrologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the shiatsu practitioner 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 sophrologist role treats 21 of its required skills as things a shiatsu practitioner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- acupuncture methods
- apply acupuncture
- apply aromatherapy
- apply context specific clinical competences
- carry out preventative internal medicine interventions
- complementary and alternative medicine
What stands in the way is 11 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 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sophrologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a shiatsu practitioner background worth leading with.
- already held types of aromatherapy treatments health and welfare
- already held homeopathy remedies health and welfare
- already held apply aromatherapy assisting and caring
- already held complementary and alternative medicine health and welfare
- already held acupuncture methods health and welfare
- already held observe healthcare users information skills
All 29 carried skills, including the 21 the sophrologist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 8 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 attend to sophrology clients required
- required, not held prepare exercise session required
- required, not held prepare sophrology session required
- required, not held promote balance between rest and activity required
- required, not held correct potentially harmful movements required
- required, not held prescribe exercises required
- optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
- required, not held sophrology required
- required, not held movement techniques required
- optional, not held first aid optional
- required, not held deliver sophrology exercises required
- optional, not held advise on childbirth optional
- optional, not held inform clients of healthy lifestyle benefits optional
- optional, not held provide fitness information optional
- optional, not held safely instruct about fitness optional
- optional, not held direct movement experiences optional
- required, not held breathing techniques required
- required, not held supervision of persons required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sophrologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 attend to sophrology clients skill · sector specific
- 02 correct potentially harmful movements skill · sector specific
- 03 deliver sophrology exercises skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 29 skills that carry over
- already held acupuncture methods knowledge
- already held apply acupuncture skill
- already held apply aromatherapy skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions skill
- already held complementary and alternative medicine knowledge
- already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment skill
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
- already held observe healthcare users skill
- already held phytotherapy knowledge
- already held promote healthy lifestyle skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held relaxation techniques knowledge
- already held types of aromatherapy treatments knowledge
- already held address side effects of menopause skill
- already held advise on mental health skill
- already held demonstrate professional attitude to clients skill
- already held general medicine knowledge
- already held homeopathy knowledge
- already held homeopathy remedies knowledge
- already held neurophysiology knowledge
- already held promote mental health skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held assess physical conditions of clients optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on childbirth optional
- optional, not held behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
- optional, not held inform clients of healthy lifestyle benefits optional
- optional, not held provide fitness information optional
- optional, not held safely instruct about fitness optional
- optional, not held assess physical conditions of clients optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held direct movement experiences optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
27 held skills the sophrologist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
- not needed by the target role acupressure knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
- not needed by the target role apply a holistic approach in care skill
- not needed by the target role apply deep tissue massage skill
- not needed by the target role apply massage therapy skill
- not needed by the target role auriculotherapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role balneotherapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
- not needed by the target role etiopathy knowledge
- not needed by the target role fasciatherapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role give massages skill
- not needed by the target role give shiatsu massages skill
- not needed by the target role identify energetic meridians skill
- not needed by the target role iridology knowledge
- not needed by the target role kinesiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role kinetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role massage theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role massage types knowledge
- not needed by the target role pathologies treated by acupuncture knowledge
- not needed by the target role reflexology knowledge
- not needed by the target role select acupuncture points skill
- not needed by the target role skin types knowledge
- not needed by the target role sterilization techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role traditional Chinese medicine knowledge
7 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 sophrology required
- required, not held breathing techniques required
- required, not held movement techniques required
- required, not held supervision of persons required
- optional, not held behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held behavioural disorders optional
- optional, not held first aid 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.