firefighter instructortomarine firefighter
A firefighter instructor already meets 57% of what the marine firefighter role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the marine firefighter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the firefighter instructor 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 marine firefighter role treats 14 of its required skills as things a firefighter instructor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure public safety and security
- evacuate people from buildings
- extinguish fires
- fire prevention procedures
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
What stands in the way is 9 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A marine firefighter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a firefighter instructor background worth leading with.
- already held evacuate people from buildings assisting and caring
- already held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles constructing
- already held implement fire safety management plans management skills
- already held manage emergency care situations management skills
- already held maintain safety systems assisting and caring
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems communication, collaboration and creativity
All 19 carried skills, including the 14 the marine firefighter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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 ensure vessel security required
- required, not held investigate maritime accidents required
- required, not held prevent marine pollution required
- required, not held operate marine machinery systems required
- required, not held operate marine communication systems required
- optional, not held install vessel's safety equipment optional
- optional, not held operate emergency vehicle optional
- required, not held navy operations required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- required, not held select hazard control required
- required, not held first aid required
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a marine firefighter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure vessel security skill · sector specific
- 02 investigate maritime accidents skill · sector specific
- 03 navy operations knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held evacuate people from buildings skill
- already held extinguish fires skill
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held implement fire safety management plans skill
- already held manage emergency care situations skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held perform search and rescue missions skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers skill
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment skill
- already held educate public on fire safety skill
- already held maintain safety systems skill
- already held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held operate emergency equipment optional
- optional, not held organise fire drills optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- optional, not held install vessel's safety equipment optional
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held operate emergency vehicle optional
- optional, not held organise fire drills optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
- optional, not held operate emergency equipment optional
21 held skills the marine firefighter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role assess students skill
- not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
- not needed by the target role climb trees skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate with other emergency services skill
- not needed by the target role educate on emergency management skill
- not needed by the target role ensure student welfare skill
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
- not needed by the target role manage resources for educational purposes skill
- not needed by the target role perform classroom management skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide advice on breaches of regulation skill
- not needed by the target role provide lesson materials skill
- not needed by the target role pyrotechnic articles legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role safely instruct about fitness skill
- not needed by the target role teach fire fighting principles skill
- not needed by the target role test safety strategies skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
7 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 navy operations required
- required, not held first aid required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
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.