Table 1Transition record

environmental health inspectortohealth and safety officer

A environmental health inspector already meets 24% of what the health and safety officer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From environmental health inspector

24%

Overlap1

To health and safety officer

9 Skills carried over

12 Required, not held

72.8 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.8/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the health and safety officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the environmental health inspector 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

Why this move works

A health and safety officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a environmental health inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ensure compliance with environmental legislation
environmental legislation
monitor legislation developments
present reports

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 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 a environmental health inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held occupational health services
already held provide improvement strategies management skills
already held monitor legislation developments information skills
already held audit techniques business, administration and law
already held pollution prevention engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held environmental legislation business, administration and law

All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the health and safety officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held communicate health and safety measures required
required, not held advise on conflict management required
required, not held educate employees on occupational hazards required

optional, not held apply conflict management optional
optional, not held conduct research interview optional
optional, not held educate on emergency management optional
optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
optional, not held liaise with managers optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

02 information skills 3 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held monitor employee's health required
required, not held advise on risk management required
required, not held draw up risk assessment required

optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
optional, not held advise on environmental risk management systems optional
optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
optional, not held make health, safety and environment assessments optional
optional, not held test safety strategies optional

03 services 2 required

required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
required, not held personal protective equipment required

04 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held follow standards for machinery safety required

optional, not held issue licences optional
optional, not held observe confidentiality optional

05 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held quality standards required

optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held employment law optional

06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

required, not held technical drawings required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
already held environmental legislation knowledge
already held monitor legislation developments skill
already held present reports skill
already held audit techniques knowledge
already held occupational health knowledge
already held perform risk analysis skill
already held pollution prevention knowledge
already held provide improvement strategies skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required

required, not held assessment of risks and threats required

08 management skills 2 supplementary

optional, not held identify policy breach optional
optional, not held perform project management optional

17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held identify policy breach optional
optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held advise on environmental risk management systems optional
optional, not held apply conflict management optional
optional, not held conduct research interview optional
optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
optional, not held educate on emergency management 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 test safety strategies optional
optional, not held use different communication channels optional

28 held skills the health and safety officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role address public health issues skill
not needed by the target role analyse health problems within a given community skill
not needed by the target role biology knowledge
not needed by the target role check methods knowledge
not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role communicable diseases knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
not needed by the target role consumer protection knowledge
not needed by the target role contribute to public health campaigns skill
not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
not needed by the target role enforce sanitation procedures skill
not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
not needed by the target role foodborne diseases knowledge
not needed by the target role hazardous waste storage knowledge
not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
not needed by the target role percolation knowledge
not needed by the target role perform environmental investigations skill
not needed by the target role pests and diseases knowledge
not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
not needed by the target role provide advice on breaches of regulation skill
not needed by the target role provide testimony in court hearings skill
not needed by the target role public health knowledge
not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
not needed by the target role write inspection reports 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held assessment of risks and threats required
required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
required, not held personal protective equipment required
required, not held quality standards required
required, not held technical drawings required
optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held employment law optional

Index

Other moves recorded from environmental health inspector

Full index of moves from environmental health inspector

Note

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.