Fire prevention and protection engineer to fire 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.
43.8/ 100
1 How much of what a fire safety tester is expected to do is already part of a fire prevention and protection engineer’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 fire safety tester role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
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. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 9 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 wear appropriate protective gear required
- optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
- still to learn maintain test equipment required
- optional, not held inspect fire equipment optional
- still to learn report test findings required
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- still to learn organise fire drills required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- still to learn 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 practise this
- 02 health and safety regulations study this
- 03 maintain test equipment 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 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.
- still to learn 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
Common questions about this move
Can a fire prevention and protection engineer become a fire safety tester?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A fire prevention and protection engineer already covers 55% of what a fire safety tester is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 8 of which the fire safety tester role treats as required.
What skills does a fire prevention and protection engineer need to become a fire safety tester?
6 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is organise fire drills.
How hard is the move from fire prevention and protection engineer to fire safety tester?
Its learning distance is 43.8 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.