Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a facilities manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a facilities manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Facilities managers perform strategic planning as well as routine operational planning related to buildings' administration and maintenance. They control and manage health and safety procedures, supervise the work of contractors, plan and handle buildings maintenance operations and fire safety and security issues, oversee buildings' cleaning activities and utilities infrastructure and are in charge of space management.

Also known as facilities coordinator, facilities superintendent, building cleaning and maintenance manager, facilities administrator, facilities maintenance manager, facility maintenance technician, building maintenance manager.

Managers 56 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: manufacturing facility manager, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
manufacturing facility manager 68% covered operations manager 45% covered programme manager 44% covered security manager 41% covered power plant manager 37% covered facilities manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from facilities manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a facilities manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A facilities manager needs 36 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • inspect contracts for related grounds maintenance work communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure inspections of facilities information skills
  • manage facilities services management skills
  • oversee the facilities services budget management skills
  • plan facilities management policies management skills
  • promote facilities management services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure compliance with noise standards assisting and caring
  • facilities management in the organisation business, administration and law
  • manage space utilisation management skills
  • environmental management standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a facilities manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Facilities manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a facilities 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.