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

traditional chinese medicine therapisttoshiatsu practitioner

A traditional chinese medicine therapist already meets 63% of what the shiatsu practitioner role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From traditional chinese medicine therapist
63%
Overlap1
To shiatsu practitioner
29 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
46.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

63%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46.1/ 100

1 Share of the shiatsu practitioner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the traditional chinese medicine 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 shiatsu practitioner role treats 17 of its required skills as things a traditional chinese medicine therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • complementary and alternative medicine
  • develop therapeutic relationships
  • empathise with the healthcare user
  • ensure safety of healthcare users
  • follow-up on healthcare users' treatment

What stands in the way is 5 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 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A shiatsu practitioner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a traditional chinese medicine therapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held pathologies treated by acupuncture health and welfare
  • already held traditional Chinese medicine health and welfare
  • already held auriculotherapy health and welfare
  • already held select acupuncture points assisting and caring
  • already held complementary and alternative medicine health and welfare
  • already held observe healthcare users information skills

All 29 carried skills, including the 17 the shiatsu practitioner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 4 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 2 required, 12 supplementary
  • required, not held massage theory required
  • required, not held massage types required
  • optional, not held acupressure optional
  • optional, not held balneotherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy remedies optional
  • optional, not held iridology optional
  • optional, not held kinesiology optional
  • optional, not held types of aromatherapy treatments optional
  • optional, not held etiopathy optional
  • optional, not held fasciatherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held kinetics optional
  • optional, not held neurophysiology optional
  • optional, not held reflexology optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held give shiatsu massages required
  • required, not held identify energetic meridians required
  • optional, not held apply a holistic approach in care optional
  • optional, not held apply aromatherapy optional
  • optional, not held apply deep tissue massage optional
  • optional, not held give massages optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate with customers required
  • optional, not held accept own accountability optional
  • optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
  • optional, not held advise on mental health optional
  • optional, not held promote healthy lifestyle optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients optional
04 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held skin types optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a shiatsu practitioner 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 29 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences 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 pathologies treated by acupuncture knowledge
  • already held promote mental health skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held relaxation techniques knowledge
  • already held traditional Chinese medicine knowledge
  • already held acupuncture methods knowledge
  • already held address side effects of menopause skill
  • already held advise on healthy lifestyles skill
  • already held apply acupuncture skill
  • already held apply massage therapy skill
  • already held auriculotherapy knowledge
  • already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions skill
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • already held general medicine knowledge
  • already held phytotherapy knowledge
  • already held select acupuncture points skill
  • already held sterilization techniques knowledge
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held accept own accountability optional
  • optional, not held acupressure optional
  • optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
  • optional, not held advise on mental health optional
  • optional, not held apply a holistic approach in care optional
  • optional, not held apply aromatherapy optional
  • optional, not held balneotherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy remedies optional
  • optional, not held iridology optional
  • optional, not held kinesiology optional
  • optional, not held promote healthy lifestyle optional
  • optional, not held types of aromatherapy treatments optional
  • optional, not held apply deep tissue massage optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients optional
  • optional, not held etiopathy optional
  • optional, not held fasciatherapy optional
  • optional, not held give massages optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held kinetics optional
  • optional, not held neurophysiology optional
  • optional, not held reflexology optional
  • optional, not held skin types optional
9 held skills the shiatsu practitioner role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role biomedicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role composition of diets knowledge
  • not needed by the target role counsel healthcare users on medicines skill
  • not needed by the target role develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor patient's health condition skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor patients' progress related to treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
15 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 massage theory required
  • required, not held massage types required
  • optional, not held acupressure optional
  • optional, not held balneotherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy remedies optional
  • optional, not held iridology optional
  • optional, not held kinesiology optional
  • optional, not held types of aromatherapy treatments optional
  • optional, not held etiopathy optional
  • optional, not held fasciatherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held kinetics optional
  • optional, not held neurophysiology optional
  • optional, not held reflexology optional
  • optional, not held skin types optional
Index

Other moves recorded from traditional chinese medicine therapist

Full index of moves from traditional chinese medicine 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.