Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a firefighter can go next

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

Firefighters are responsible for emergency response in case of a fire outbreak or other hazardous situations. They oversee the evacuation of the endangered premises and ensure victims are rescued and taken care of by the appropriate professionals. Once the premises are clear of victims, they ensure the fire is extinguished, compliant with health and safety regulations. They also regulate the clean-up of the scene and assess the damage.

Also known as fire brigade officer, operational firefighter, senior firefighter, firewoman, fireman, airfield firefighter.

Service and sales workers 68 skills on file 9 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: fire service vehicle operator, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 6 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
pump operator 68% covered chief fire officer 67% covered fire service vehicle operator 81% covered firefighter instructor 56% covered fire protection technician 55% covered fire inspector 49% covered firefighter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 6 nearest destinations from firefighter, 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 firefighter already covers. All 9 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 firefighter needs 18 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
  • evacuate people from buildings assisting and caring
  • implement fire safety management plans management skills
  • manage emergency care situations management skills
  • work as a team in a hazardous environment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply first response assisting and caring
  • use different types of fire extinguishers assisting and caring
  • select hazard control assisting and caring
  • perform search and rescue missions assisting and caring
  • extinguish fires assisting and caring
  • fire prevention procedures services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Firefighter is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

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