fire prevention and protection engineertofire safety tester
A fire prevention and protection engineer already meets 55% of what the fire safety tester role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
43.8/ 100
1 Share of the fire safety tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fire prevention and protection engineer 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 fire safety tester role treats 8 of its required skills as things a fire prevention and protection engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- conduct fire tests
- develop material testing procedures
- fire prevention procedures
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- operate fire extinguishers
What stands in the way is 6 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fire safety tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fire prevention and protection engineer background worth leading with.
- already held conduct fire tests information skills
- already held fire protection engineering services
- already held determine fire risks information skills
- already held conduct fire safety inspections assisting and caring
- already held operate fire extinguishers assisting and caring
- already held educate public on fire safety communication, collaboration and creativity
All 16 carried skills, including the 8 the fire safety tester role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 9 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 wear appropriate protective gear required
- optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
- required, not held maintain test equipment required
- optional, not held inspect fire equipment optional
- required, not held report test findings required
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- required, not held organise fire drills required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- required, not held use testing equipment required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fire safety tester role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 organise fire drills skill · sector specific
- 02 health and safety regulations knowledge · cross sector
- 03 maintain test equipment skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held conduct fire tests skill
- already held develop material testing procedures skill
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held operate fire extinguishers skill
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held act as contact person during equipment incident skill
- already held advise architects skill
- already held advise on safety improvements skill
- already held conduct fire safety inspections skill
- already held determine fire risks skill
- already held educate public on fire safety skill
- already held fire protection engineering knowledge
- already held test safety strategies skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
- optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
- optional, not held write inspection reports optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held inspect fire equipment optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
- optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
- optional, not held write inspection reports optional
25 held skills the fire safety tester role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
- not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role contain fires skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role install firestops skill
- not needed by the target role organise fire station skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fires on board skill
- not needed by the target role properties of textile materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach fire fighting principles skill
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role thermodynamics knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different types of fire extinguishers skill
4 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 health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
- optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
Other moves recorded from fire prevention and protection engineer
- health and safety engineer 44% covered · substantial
- surface engineer 40% covered · substantial
- environmental mining engineer 34% covered · substantial
- steam engineer 34% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from fire prevention and protection engineer
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.