Where an environmental protection manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an environmental protection manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Environmental protection managers provide advice on the development of environmental policies to governmental and official institutions. They analyse possible threats for the well being of the people and the environment in a region and manage campaigns aimed at tackling problems such as waste collection, landfills, and preservation of green areas.
Also known as environmental manager, environmental field office manager, environmental protection specialist, environmental impact assessment manager, environmental safety specialist.
Managers 51 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: policy manager, 42%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An environmental protection manager needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- implement environmental action plans communication, collaboration and creativity
- coordinate environmental efforts assisting and caring
- provide training in sustainable tourism development and management communication, collaboration and creativity
- develop environmental remediation strategies management skills
- liaise with government officials communication, collaboration and creativity
- advise on environmental remediation communication, collaboration and creativity
- develop company strategies management skills
- environmental threats natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity
- develop environmental policy management skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an environmental protection manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- policy manager 68% covered · difficulty 41.2
- environmental policy officer 36% covered · difficulty 69.4
- strategic planning manager 36% covered · difficulty 70
- health safety and environmental manager 35% covered · difficulty 70.7
- business intelligence manager 32% covered · difficulty 73
- regulatory affairs manager 31% covered · difficulty 73.6
- corporate social responsibility manager 21% covered · difficulty 80.8
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Environmental protection manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an environmental protection manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.