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A fire protection technician already meets 44% of what the fire inspector role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
44%
53.6/ 100
1 Share of the fire inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fire protection technician 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 inspector role treats 5 of its required skills as things a fire protection technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- fire prevention procedures
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- perform risk analysis
- pyrotechnic articles legislation
What stands in the way is 8 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fire inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fire protection technician background worth leading with.
- already held handling of dangerous goods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held pyrotechnic articles legislation business, administration and law
- already held maintain safety systems assisting and caring
- already held estimate damage information skills
- already held fire prevention procedures services
- already held fire-fighting systems services
All 14 carried skills, including the 5 the fire inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 7 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 communicate health and safety measures required
- required, not held educate public on fire safety required
- required, not held manage emergency evacuation plans required
- required, not held provide advice on breaches of regulation required
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- required, not held conduct fire safety inspections required
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
- required, not held manage security equipment required
- optional, not held maintain logbooks optional
- required, not held plan health and safety procedures required
- optional, not held implement fire safety management plans optional
- required, not held pollution legislation required
- optional, not held first response optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fire inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate health and safety measures skill · sector specific
- 02 pollution legislation knowledge · sector specific
- 03 conduct fire safety inspections 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held pyrotechnic articles legislation knowledge
- already held advise on safety improvements skill
- already held environmental policy knowledge
- already held estimate damage skill
- already held handling of dangerous goods knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held maintain safety systems skill
- already held test safety strategies skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held first response optional
- optional, not held implement fire safety management plans optional
- optional, not held maintain logbooks optional
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
14 held skills the fire inspector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role arrange equipment repairs skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect fire equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate fire extinguishers skill
- not needed by the target role order equipment skill
- not needed by the target role organise fire drills skill
- not needed by the target role organise fire station skill
- not needed by the target role perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
- not needed by the target role use different types of fire extinguishers skill
3 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 pollution legislation required
- optional, not held first response optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
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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.