Emergency response coordinator to health and safety officer
An emergency response coordinator already meets 26% of what the health and safety officer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
71.7/ 100
1 How much of what a health and safety officer is expected to do is already part of an emergency response coordinator’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 health and safety officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A health and safety officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things an emergency response coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on risk management
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
What stands in the way is 12 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. A health and safety officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an emergency response coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held educate on emergency management communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on environmental risk management systems information skills
- already held test safety strategies information skills
- already held advise on risk management information skills
- already held pollution prevention engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held health, safety and hygiene legislation services
All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the health and safety officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 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 communicate health and safety measures required
- still to learn advise on conflict management required
- still to learn educate employees on occupational hazards required
- still to learn present reports required
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held liaise with managers optional
- still to learn monitor employee's health required
- still to learn draw up risk assessment required
- still to learn monitor legislation developments required
- optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
- optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
- optional, not held make health, safety and environment assessments optional
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- still to learn follow standards for machinery safety required
- optional, not held issue licences optional
- optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
- still to learn personal protective equipment required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- still to learn technical drawings required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a health and safety officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate health and safety measures practise this
- 02 follow standards for machinery safety practise 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held advise on risk management skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- already held advise on environmental risk management systems skill
- already held educate on emergency management skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held test safety strategies skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn assessment of risks and threats required
- optional, not held identify policy breach optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held provide improvement strategies optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held identify policy breach optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held issue licences optional
- optional, not held liaise with managers optional
- optional, not held make health, safety and environment assessments optional
- optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held provide improvement strategies optional
15 held skills the health and safety officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on safety improvements skill
- not needed by the target role conduct fire safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
- not needed by the target role educate public on fire safety skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role estimate damage skill
- not needed by the target role first response knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role identify risk of flooding skill
- not needed by the target role manage emergency evacuation plans skill
- not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
- not needed by the target role operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
- not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
8 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 assessment of risks and threats required
- still to learn personal protective equipment required
- still to learn quality standards required
- still to learn technical drawings required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
Other moves recorded from emergency response coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can an emergency response coordinator become a health and safety officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An emergency response coordinator already covers 26% of what a health and safety officer is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 4 of which the health and safety officer role treats as required.
What skills does an emergency response coordinator need to become a health and safety officer?
12 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is communicate health and safety measures.
How hard is the move from emergency response coordinator to health and safety officer?
Its learning distance is 71.7 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.