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Factual side-by-side attributes from the imported O*NET and BLS OEWS datasets. No career is ranked or recommended.

Career A (or your current career)

Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians

Career B (or your target career)

Surgical Technologists

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Comparison table

MetricAmbulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical TechniciansSurgical Technologists
National median salary$35,450$64,650
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment12,630117,460
Typical educationNot recordedNot recorded
Job zone23
Important skillsActive Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Service Orientation, Reading ComprehensionMonitoring, Operations Monitoring, Active Listening, Speaking, Time Management
Related careersDispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance, Registered Nurses, Medical and Health Services Managers, Anesthesiologist AssistantsMedical Assistants, Ophthalmic Medical Technologists, Respiratory Therapists, Neurodiagnostic Technologists

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

65%

11 of 17 target skills

Target-only skills

6

Current-only skills

0

Skill overlap compares O*NET skills rated at importance 3.0 or above for each occupation. It is a measure of listed skill overlap, not a probability of getting the job.

Shared skills

  • Monitoring+0.5 level
  • Active Listening+0.5 level
  • Reading Comprehension+0.2 level
  • Speaking
  • Service Orientation+0.1 level
  • Coordination+0.6 level
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Operation and Control
  • Critical Thinking
  • Active Learning
  • Social Perceptiveness

Only in Surgical Technologists

  • Operations Monitoring
  • Time Management
  • Management of Material Resources
  • Instructing
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Learning Strategies

Only in Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians

  • None