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Where a further education principal can go next

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

Further education principals manage the day-to-day activities of a post-secondary education institute, such as technical institutes and other post-secondary schools. Further education principals make decisions concerning admissions and are responsible for meeting curriculum standards, which facilitate academic development for the students. They manage staff, the school's budget and programmes and oversee the communication between departments. They also ensure the school meets the national education requirements set by law.

Also known as FE principal, FE director, further education director, director of FE college, head of further education college, director of further education college, arts conservatory principal, arts conservatory director, technical institute principal, post-secondary school headmaster, post-secondary school director, technical institute director.

Managers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: secondary school head teacher, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
secondary school head teacher 70% covered primary school head teacher 66% covered deputy head teacher 60% covered nursery school head teacher 56% covered university department head 55% covered further education princip… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from further education principal, 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 further education principal already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A further education principal needs 19 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
  • lead board meetings management skills
  • manage school budget management skills
  • liaise with board members communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse staff capacity management skills
  • curriculum standards education
  • education law business, administration and law
  • post-secondary school procedures education
  • develop organisational policies management skills
  • cooperate with education professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • represent the organisation communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Further education principal 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 further education principal’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.