Where a health safety and environmental manager can go next

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

Health, safety and environmental managers design and execute corporate policies and procedures related to occupational health and safety and environmental protection. They analyse business processes to ensure compliance with government and environment legislation, conduct risk assessment in the domain of occupational health and safety, evaluate the environmental impact of economic activities and design the appropriate measures for the improvement of work environments and cultures. They coordinate the implementation of an integrated health, safety and environmental management system, defining effective indicators, organizing audits and eventually participating in accident investigation and reporting. They promote an integrated approach to sustainability and occupational health within business organisations, liaising with corporate and line managers and training employees. They are responsible for drafting technical documentation related to the compliance with health and safety and environmental legislation.

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

• health and safety officer 43% covered · difficulty 57.1
• fire inspector 38% covered · difficulty 57.7
• occupational health and safety inspector 36% covered · difficulty 73.1
• environmental protection manager 35% covered · difficulty 70.7
• environmental health inspector 30% covered · difficulty 67.6

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a health safety and environmental manager already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.