Fire prevention and protection engineer to health and safety engineer
A fire prevention and protection engineer already meets 44% of what the health and safety engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.5/ 100
1 How much of what a health and safety engineer 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 health and safety engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A health and safety engineer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a fire prevention and protection engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- advise on safety improvements
- approve engineering design
- engineering principles
- safety engineering
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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A health and safety engineer 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 develop material testing procedures information skills
- already held advise architects communication, collaboration and creativity
All 27 carried skills, including the 5 the health and safety engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 35 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 prevent health and safety problems required
- still to learn adhere to health well-being and safety required
- optional, not held install safety devices optional
- optional, not held set safety and security standards optional
- optional, not held follow nuclear plant safety precautions optional
- optional, not held follow up on safety breaches optional
- optional, not held respond to nuclear emergencies optional
- optional, not held adhere to OHSAS 18001 optional
- optional, not held adhere to standards of national and international safety programmes optional
- optional, not held carry out environmental audits optional
- still to learn monitor employee's health required
- still to learn draw up risk assessment required
- optional, not held assess ergonomics of the workplace optional
- optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
- optional, not held evaluate industrial hygiene optional
- optional, not held investigate occupational injuries optional
- optional, not held monitor work site optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held human factors regarding safety optional
- optional, not held ergonomics optional
- still to learn assessment of risks and threats required
- optional, not held design safety equipment optional
- optional, not held accept own accountability optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held educate employees on occupational hazards optional
- optional, not held instruct employees on radiation protection optional
- optional, not held write inspection reports optional
- optional, not held thermohydraulics optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a health and safety engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 prevent health and safety problems practise this
- 02 adhere to health well-being and safety practise this
- 03 monitor employee's health 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 27 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held advise on safety improvements skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held safety engineering knowledge
- already held advise architects skill
- already held advise on construction materials skill
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held civil engineering knowledge
- already held conduct fire safety inspections skill
- already held conduct fire tests skill
- already held design principles knowledge
- already held determine fire risks skill
- already held develop material testing procedures skill
- already held draft design specifications skill
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire protection engineering knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held physics knowledge
- already held properties of textile materials knowledge
- already held test safety strategies skill
- already held thermodynamics knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held design strategies for nuclear emergencies optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
- optional, not held scientific literature optional
- optional, not held radiation protection optional
29 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess ergonomics of the workplace optional
- optional, not held design safety equipment optional
- optional, not held install safety devices optional
- optional, not held set safety and security standards optional
- optional, not held accept own accountability optional
- optional, not held design strategies for nuclear emergencies optional
- optional, not held follow nuclear plant safety precautions optional
- optional, not held follow up on safety breaches optional
- optional, not held human factors regarding safety optional
- optional, not held respond to nuclear emergencies optional
- optional, not held thermohydraulics optional
- optional, not held adhere to OHSAS 18001 optional
- optional, not held adhere to standards of national and international safety programmes optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held carry out environmental audits optional
- optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
- optional, not held educate employees on occupational hazards optional
- optional, not held ergonomics optional
- optional, not held evaluate industrial hygiene optional
- optional, not held instruct employees on radiation protection optional
- optional, not held investigate occupational injuries optional
- optional, not held monitor work site optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
- optional, not held radiation protection optional
- optional, not held scientific literature optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- optional, not held write inspection reports optional
14 held skills the health and safety engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act as contact person during equipment incident skill
- not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role contain fires skill
- not needed by the target role educate public on fire safety skill
- not needed by the target role install firestops skill
- not needed by the target role operate fire extinguishers 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 prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fires on board skill
- not needed by the target role record test data skill
- 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 use different types of fire extinguishers skill
9 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 assessment of risks and threats required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held human factors regarding safety optional
- optional, not held thermohydraulics optional
- optional, not held ergonomics optional
- optional, not held nuclear energy optional
- optional, not held quality assurance procedures optional
- optional, not held radiation protection optional
- optional, not held scientific literature optional
Other moves recorded from fire prevention and protection engineer
- fire safety tester 55% covered · moderate
- 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 health and safety engineer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A fire prevention and protection engineer already covers 44% of what a health and safety engineer is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 5 of which the health and safety engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a fire prevention and protection engineer need to become a health and safety engineer?
6 required skills are missing, plus 29 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is prevent health and safety problems.
How hard is the move from fire prevention and protection engineer to health and safety engineer?
Its learning distance is 61.5 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.