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Where an industrial quality manager can go next

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

Industrial quality managers monitor and control information assets by detailing processes and procedures to ensure compliance with industrial standards. They perform audits in industrial processes, advise on preventive and corrective actions, and ensure compliance with industrial standards.

Also known as industrial quality supervisor, quality control industrial engineer, industrial quality control technologist, industrial quality assessment manager, industrial quality control manager, industrial quality control testing supervisor, engineering and quality control manager.

Managers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: product quality controller, 50%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
product quality controller 50% covered quality engineer 50% covered product quality inspector 39% covered quality services manager 39% covered product grader 37% covered industrial quality manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from industrial quality 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 an industrial quality 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

An industrial quality manager needs 29 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
  • evaluate industrial hygiene information skills
  • develop audit plan management skills
  • identify preventive actions management skills
  • internal auditing business, administration and law
  • liaise with industrial professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • support implementation of quality management systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • database quality standards information and communication technologies (icts)
  • correctional procedures services
  • industrial design arts and humanities
  • industrial software information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Industrial quality 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 an industrial quality 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.