Environmental protection manager to environmental policy officer
An 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.
66.1/ 100
1 How much of what an environmental policy officer is expected to do is already part of an environmental protection manager’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 policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An environmental policy officer role treats 9 of its required skills as things an environmental protection manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An environmental policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an environmental protection manager background worth leading with.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 29 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 manage land resources permits required
- still to learn measure sustainability of tourism activities required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn advise on carbon emissions reduction required
- still to learn advise on legislative acts required
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
- still to learn government policy required
- still to learn government policy implementation required
- optional, not held environmental economics optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- still to learn plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas required
- still to learn assess environmental impact required
- optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
- still to learn ecosystem management required
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- still to learn plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage required
- still to learn manage government policy implementation required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an environmental policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ecosystem management study this
- 02 manage land resources permits practise this
- 03 measure sustainability of tourism activities 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 17 skills that carry over
- 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
- 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
- optional, not held ecological principles optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not 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 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
- 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.
- still to learn ecosystem management required
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- still to learn government policy required
- still to learn 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
Other moves recorded from environmental protection manager
Common questions about this move
Can an environmental protection manager become an environmental policy officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An environmental protection manager already covers 39% of what an environmental policy officer is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 9 of which the environmental policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does an environmental protection manager need to become an environmental policy officer?
13 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is ecosystem management.
How hard is the move from environmental protection manager to environmental policy officer?
Its learning distance is 66.1 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.