decontamination workertoasbestos abatement worker
A decontamination worker already meets 83% of what the asbestos abatement worker role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
83%
17.5/ 100
1 Share of the asbestos abatement worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the decontamination worker profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A asbestos abatement worker role treats 10 of its required skills as things a decontamination worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess contamination
- avoid contamination
- contamination exposure regulations
- disinfect surfaces
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- investigate contamination
What stands in the way is 2 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A asbestos abatement worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a decontamination worker background worth leading with.
- already held store contaminated materials handling and moving
- already held ensure operability of protective equipment assisting and caring
- already held report on building damage information skills
- already held identify damage to buildings information skills
- already held disinfect surfaces handling and moving
- already held assist people in contaminated areas assisting and caring
All 23 carried skills, including the 10 the asbestos abatement worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 5 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held use personal protection equipment required
- required, not held asbestos removal regulations required
- optional, not held assess waste type optional
- optional, not held operate pressure washer optional
- optional, not held use solvents optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a asbestos abatement worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 asbestos removal regulations knowledge · cross sector
- 02 use personal protection equipment skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held assess contamination skill
- already held avoid contamination skill
- already held contamination exposure regulations knowledge
- already held disinfect surfaces skill
- already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- already held investigate contamination skill
- already held remove contaminants skill
- already held remove contaminated materials skill
- already held store contaminated materials skill
- already held tend asbestos blower skill
- already held assist people in contaminated areas skill
- already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
- already held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
- already held ensure operability of protective equipment skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held handle chemical cleaning agents skill
- already held hazardous materials transportation knowledge
- already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
- already held hazardous waste treatment knowledge
- already held identify damage to buildings skill
- already held perform demarcation skill
- already held report on building damage skill
- already held secure working area skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess waste type optional
- optional, not held operate pressure washer optional
- optional, not held use solvents optional
8 held skills the asbestos abatement worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on soil and water protection skill
- not needed by the target role cleaning industry health and safety measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role decontamination techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role radioactive contamination knowledge
- not needed by the target role test samples for pollutants skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held asbestos removal regulations required
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.