sterile services techniciantoanatomical pathology technician
A sterile services technician already meets 39% of what the anatomical pathology technician role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
39%
70.8/ 100
1 Share of the anatomical pathology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sterile services technician 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 sterile services technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
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 16 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 sterile services technician background worth leading with.
- already held dispose medical waste handling and moving
- already held infection control health and welfare
- already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held select hazard control assisting and caring
- already held manage infection control in the facility assisting and caring
- already held sterilization techniques health and welfare
All 16 carried skills, including the 14 the anatomical pathology technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 31 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 observe confidentiality 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
- optional, not held medical terminology optional
- required, not held work with authorities related to mortuary services required
- required, not held accept own accountability required
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care 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 virological test optional
- optional, not held perform forensic examinations optional
- required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
- optional, not held osteology optional
- required, not held legal requirements related to mortuary services required
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 16 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines 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 microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
- already held select hazard control skill
- already held sterilization techniques knowledge
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
- already held dispose medical waste skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held take samples during autopsy required
- optional, not held toxicology optional
- optional, not held perform PCR covid test optional
13 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 perform virological test optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held medical terminology 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
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
14 held skills the anatomical pathology technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role e-procurement knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
- not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
- not needed by the target role medical devices materials 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 participate in medical inventory control skill
- not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
- not needed by the target role repackage medical equipment after sterilisation skill
- not needed by the target role sterilise medical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role surgical asepsis knowledge
- not needed by the target role use technical equipment for sterilisation skill
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 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 medical terminology optional
- optional, not held toxicology optional
Other moves recorded from sterile services technician
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.