Environmental programme coordinator to environmental health inspector
An environmental programme coordinator already meets 37% of what the environmental health inspector role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.6/ 100
1 How much of what an environmental health inspector is expected to do is already part of an environmental programme 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 environmental health inspector role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An environmental health inspector role treats 7 of its required skills as things an environmental programme coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- conduct environmental surveys
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
- environmental policy
- monitor legislation developments
- perform environmental investigations
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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An environmental health inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an environmental programme coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held perform environmental investigations information skills
- already held conduct environmental surveys information skills
- already held conduct educational activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop environmental policy management skills
- already held monitor legislation developments information skills
- already held environmental policy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the environmental health inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 10 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 promote health and safety required
- still to learn present reports required
- still to learn use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held provide advice on breaches of regulation optional
- optional, not held provide testimony in court hearings optional
- still to learn address public health issues required
- still to learn contribute to public health campaigns required
- still to learn provide improvement strategies required
- still to learn public health required
- optional, not held foodborne diseases optional
- optional, not held pests and diseases optional
- optional, not held communicable diseases optional
- still to learn audit techniques required
- still to learn check methods required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held consumer protection optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an environmental health inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 promote health and safety practise this
- 02 address public health issues practise this
- 03 audit techniques study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held conduct environmental surveys skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held environmental policy knowledge
- already held monitor legislation developments skill
- already held perform environmental investigations skill
- already held write inspection reports skill
- already held biology knowledge
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held conduct educational activities skill
- already held develop environmental policy skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held enforce sanitation procedures optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
- optional, not held environmental engineering optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held analyse health problems within a given community optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held percolation optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse health problems within a given community optional
- optional, not held enforce sanitation procedures optional
- optional, not held foodborne diseases optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held pests and diseases optional
- optional, not held communicable diseases optional
- optional, not held consumer protection optional
- optional, not held environmental engineering optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held percolation optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held provide advice on breaches of regulation optional
- optional, not held provide testimony in court hearings optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
44 held skills the environmental health inspector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role alternative energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse energy consumption skill
- not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
- not needed by the target role assess environmental impact 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 circular economy knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct environmental site assessments skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role ecosystem management 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 environmental design knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental management standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building practices 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 implement environmental action plans skill
- not needed by the target role implement environmental protection measures skill
- not needed by the target role interact through digital technologies skill
- not needed by the target role issue licences skill
- not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role manage government policy implementation skill
- not needed by the target role mitigate waste of resources skill
- not needed by the target role monitor nature conservation skill
- not needed by the target role perform manual work autonomously skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- 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 quality standards knowledge
4 further entries not listed here
12 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 audit techniques required
- still to learn check methods required
- still to learn public health required
- optional, not held foodborne diseases optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held pests and diseases optional
- optional, not held communicable diseases optional
- optional, not held consumer protection optional
- optional, not held environmental engineering optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
- optional, not held percolation optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
Other moves recorded from environmental programme coordinator
- environmental policy officer 45% covered · substantial
- environmental expert 43% covered · substantial
- natural resources consultant 39% covered · substantial
- aquaculture environmental analyst 39% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from environmental programme coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can an environmental programme coordinator become an environmental health inspector?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An environmental programme coordinator already covers 37% of what an environmental health inspector is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 7 of which the environmental health inspector role treats as required.
What skills does an environmental programme coordinator need to become an environmental health inspector?
9 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is promote health and safety.
How hard is the move from environmental programme coordinator to environmental health inspector?
Its learning distance is 61.6 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.