Occupation Atlasacupuncturist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2dcb5dad-1902-4051-9023-d725485479a7
acupuncturist
Acupuncturists make use of thin needles and insert them into acupuncture points in the body in order to restore the imbalances of the human body and overall good health. Acupuncturists focus on energy meridians to treat various conditions.
Job Zone
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- 5
Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
SIRSocial · Investigative · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.65
- I Investigative5.49
- R Realistic4.80
- C Conventional3.06
- A Artistic2.08
- E Enterprising1.60
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Acupuncturists (29-1291.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (33)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- acupuncture methods
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on mental health
- apply acupuncture
- apply context specific clinical competences
- biomedicine
- complementary and alternative medicine
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop therapeutic relationships
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- identify customer's needs
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain work area cleanliness
- manage healthcare users' data
- observe healthcare users
- obtain healthcare user's medical status information
- pathologies treated by acupuncture
- provide health education
- select acupuncture points
- sterilization techniques
- traditional Chinese medicine
- undertake healthcare examination
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional (21)
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- apply massage therapy
- auriculotherapy
- carry out preventative internal medicine interventions
- conduct cupping therapy
- develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system
- dietetics
- electrical stimulation in acupuncture
- general medicine
- multi-professional cooperation in health care
- offer advice on diet-related concerns
- phytotherapy
- process medical insurance claims
- promote inclusion
- record healthcare users' billing information
- refer healthcare users
- tai chi
- therapeutic massage
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use foreign languages in patient care
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
O*NET equivalents
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