Coastguard watch officer to emergency response coordinator
A coastguard watch officer already meets 37% of what the emergency response coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
54.1/ 100
1 How much of what an emergency response coordinator is expected to do is already part of a coastguard watch officer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the emergency response coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An emergency response coordinator role treats 3 of its required skills as things a coastguard watch officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on safety improvements
- estimate damage
- perform risk analysis
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An emergency response coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a coastguard watch officer background worth leading with.
- already held identify risk of flooding information skills
- already held first response health and welfare
- already held estimate damage information skills
- already held advise on safety improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held pollution legislation business, administration and law
- already held undertake inspections information skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 3 the emergency response coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn advise on environmental risk management systems required
- still to learn advise on risk management required
- still to learn test safety strategies required
- still to learn educate on emergency management required
- still to learn manage emergency evacuation plans required
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- still to learn manage emergency procedures required
- optional, not held develop strategy to solve problems optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
- optional, not held conduct fire safety inspections optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an emergency response coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on environmental risk management systems practise this
- 02 advise on risk management practise this
- 03 educate on emergency management practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held advise on safety improvements skill
- already held estimate damage skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held first response knowledge
- already held identify risk of flooding skill
- already held pollution legislation knowledge
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held undertake inspections skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held operational tactics for emergency responses optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct fire safety inspections optional
- optional, not held develop strategy to solve problems optional
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held operational tactics for emergency responses optional
27 held skills the emergency response coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse weather forecast skill
- not needed by the target role apply first response skill
- not needed by the target role assist in maritime rescue operations skill
- not needed by the target role assist in ship maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role check official documents skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role develop flood remediation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
- not needed by the target role evacuate people from flooded areas skill
- not needed by the target role flood remediation equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role influence of winds and currents in the steering of ships knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrate Committee on Safe Seas guidelines into inspections skill
- not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ship logs skill
- not needed by the target role operate an emergency communication system skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role perform search and rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role prevent sea pollution skill
- not needed by the target role provide advice on breaches of regulation skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
- not needed by the target role treat flood damage skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held operational tactics for emergency responses optional
Common questions about this move
Can a coastguard watch officer become an emergency response coordinator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A coastguard watch officer already covers 37% of what an emergency response coordinator is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 3 of which the emergency response coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a coastguard watch officer need to become an emergency response coordinator?
6 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is advise on environmental risk management systems.
How hard is the move from coastguard watch officer to emergency response coordinator?
Its learning distance is 54.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.