Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

environmental protection managertoenvironmental policy officer

A environmental protection manager already meets 39% of what the environmental policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From environmental protection manager
39%
Overlap1
To environmental policy officer
17 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
66.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.1/ 100

1 Share of the environmental policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the environmental protection manager 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 environmental policy officer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a environmental protection manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse environmental data
  • energy conservation
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • environmental legislation
  • environmental policy
  • environmental threats

What stands in the way is 13 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A environmental policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a environmental protection manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on mining environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held liaise with government officials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held environmental threats natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held food waste monitoring systems information and communication technologies (icts)

All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the environmental policy 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 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage land resources permits required
  • required, not held measure sustainability of tourism activities required
  • required, not held perform environmental investigations required
  • optional, not held investigate pollution optional
  • optional, not held measure pollution optional
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing impact optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction required
  • required, not held advise on legislative acts required
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held government policy required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • optional, not held environmental economics optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas required
  • required, not held assess environmental impact required
  • optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
05 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ecosystem management required
  • required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
06 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage required
  • required, not held manage government policy implementation required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a environmental policy 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse environmental data skill
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held environmental legislation knowledge
  • already held environmental policy knowledge
  • already held environmental threats knowledge
  • already held liaise with government officials skill
  • already held promote environmental awareness skill
  • already held report on environmental issues skill
  • already held advise on mining environmental issues skill
  • already held corporate sustainability knowledge
  • already held develop environmental policy skill
  • already held food waste monitoring systems knowledge
  • already held pollution legislation knowledge
  • already held pollution prevention knowledge
  • already held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management skill
  • already held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held urban sustainability optional
  • optional, not held wind energy optional
  • optional, not held emission standards optional
  • optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ecological principles optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held environmental economics optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held investigate pollution optional
  • optional, not held measure pollution optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held urban sustainability optional
  • optional, not held wind energy optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held ecological principles optional
  • optional, not held emission standards optional
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing impact optional
  • optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional
34 held skills the environmental policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on waste management procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role airport environmental regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse legal enforceability skill
  • not needed by the target role assess groundwater environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of waste knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct field work skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate airport environmental policies skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate environmental efforts skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate waste management procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop company strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop environmental remediation strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role discharge of collected waste knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role green space strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement environmental action plans skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate strategic foundation in daily performance skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor company policy skill
  • not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role protect the environment from the impact of the digital technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role public health knowledge
  • not needed by the target role strategic planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tree preservation and conservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role waste and scrap products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role wildlife projects knowledge
13 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 ecosystem management required
  • required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
  • required, not held government policy required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held environmental economics optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held urban sustainability optional
  • optional, not held wind energy optional
  • optional, not held ecological principles optional
  • optional, not held emission standards optional
  • optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional
Index

Other moves recorded from environmental protection manager

Full index of moves from environmental protection manager

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.