Construction quality manager to construction safety manager
A construction quality manager already meets 39% of what the construction safety manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.1/ 100
1 How much of what a construction safety manager is expected to do is already part of a construction quality manager’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 construction safety manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A construction safety manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a construction quality manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- construction methods
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- monitor construction site
- use safety equipment in construction
What stands in the way is 9 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A construction safety manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a construction quality manager background worth leading with.
- already held write specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor construction site information skills
- already held building materials industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held make time-critical decisions management skills
- already held construction methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held check compatibility of materials information skills
All 15 carried skills, including the 4 the construction safety manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 prevent work accidents required
- still to learn apply safety management required
- still to learn supervise worker safety required
- optional, not held follow up on safety breaches optional
- optional, not held assist with emergencies optional
- optional, not held manage major incidents optional
- still to learn human factors regarding safety required
- still to learn incidents and accidents recording required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held fire prevention procedures optional
- still to learn advise on safety improvements required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- still to learn monitor employee's health required
- optional, not held determine fire risks optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- still to learn environmental legislation required
- optional, not held clear accident site optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a construction safety manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 human factors regarding safety study this
- 02 incidents and accidents recording study this
- 03 monitor employee's health 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 15 skills that carry over
- already held construction methods knowledge
- already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- already held monitor construction site skill
- already held use safety equipment in construction skill
- already held advise on construction materials skill
- already held building materials industry knowledge
- already held check compatibility of materials skill
- already held construction product regulation knowledge
- already held contract law knowledge
- already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
- already held inspect construction supplies skill
- already held make time-critical decisions skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held write specifications skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held clear accident site optional
- optional, not held follow up on safety breaches optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held assist with emergencies optional
- optional, not held determine fire risks optional
- optional, not held fire prevention procedures optional
- optional, not held manage major incidents optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
22 held skills the construction safety manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with external laboratories skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy performance of buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate budgets skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees work skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role organise quality circle skill
- not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
- not needed by the target role review construction plans authorisations skill
- not needed by the target role review construction projects skill
- not needed by the target role solar products knowledge
- not needed by the target role statistical quality control knowledge
- not needed by the target role test construction material samples skill
- not needed by the target role total quality control knowledge
- not needed by the target role wind energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in a construction team skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn human factors regarding safety required
- still to learn incidents and accidents recording required
- still to learn environmental legislation required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held fire prevention procedures optional
Other moves recorded from construction quality manager
Common questions about this move
Can a construction quality manager become a construction safety manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A construction quality manager already covers 39% of what a construction safety manager is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 4 of which the construction safety manager role treats as required.
What skills does a construction quality manager need to become a construction safety manager?
9 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is human factors regarding safety.
How hard is the move from construction quality manager to construction safety manager?
Its learning distance is 59.1 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.