environmental experttoair pollution analyst
A environmental expert already meets 43% of what the air pollution analyst role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
43%
55.8/ 100
1 Share of the air pollution analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the environmental expert 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 air pollution analyst role treats 8 of its required skills as things a environmental expert already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply scientific methods
- liaise with local authorities
- measure pollution
- perform environmental investigations
- pollution legislation
- pollution prevention
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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A air pollution analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a environmental expert background worth leading with.
- already held measure pollution information skills
- already held perform environmental investigations information skills
- already held advise on carbon emissions reduction communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on chemical use reduction communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with chemicals handling and moving
All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the air pollution analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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 urban pollution implications required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held emission standards required
- optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
- required, not held troubleshoot required
- required, not held write production reports required
- optional, not held conduct inter-shift communication optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held test samples for pollutants required
- required, not held manage air quality required
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- required, not held chemistry required
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- required, not held collect samples required
- optional, not held address public health issues optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a air pollution analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 collect samples skill · sector specific
- 02 test samples for pollutants skill · sector specific
- 03 urban pollution implications knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held apply scientific methods skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held measure pollution skill
- already held perform environmental investigations skill
- already held pollution legislation knowledge
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held report on environmental issues skill
- already held work with chemicals skill
- already held advise on carbon emissions reduction skill
- already held advise on chemical use reduction skill
- already held assess environmental impact skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect geological data optional
- optional, not held conduct inter-shift communication optional
- optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
- optional, not held address public health issues optional
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use technical drawing software optional
38 held skills the air pollution analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
- not needed by the target role alternative energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role alternative fuels knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
- not needed by the target role assess environmental plans against financial costs skill
- not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
- not needed by the target role carry out training in environmental matters skill
- not needed by the target role coastal management knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
- not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
- not needed by the target role develop environmental remediation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role ecosystem management knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental design knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental management standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect industrial equipment skill
- not needed by the target role investigate pollution skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role manage land resources permits skill
- not needed by the target role marine energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing impact skill
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role provide training in sustainable tourism development and management skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role watershed development knowledge
- not needed by the target role write scientific publications skill
7 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 urban pollution implications required
- required, not held chemistry required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held emission standards required
- optional, not held impact of meteorological phenomena on mining operations optional
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
- optional, not held mathematics optional
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.