Government planning inspector to health and safety inspector
A government planning inspector already meets 42% of what the health and safety inspector role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
55.6/ 100
1 How much of what a health and safety inspector is expected to do is already part of a government planning inspector’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 inspector role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A health and safety inspector role treats 7 of its required skills as things a government planning inspector already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on government policy compliance
- audit techniques
- conduct workplace audits
- government policy implementation
- inspect government policy compliance
- present reports
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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A health and safety inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a government planning inspector background worth leading with.
- already held identify policy breach management skills
- already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
- already held conduct workplace audits information skills
- already held advise on conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held audit techniques business, administration and law
All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the health and safety inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 monitor employee's health required
- still to learn monitor organisation climate required
- still to learn gather feedback from employees required
- optional, not held monitor company policy optional
- still to learn maintain relationships with government agencies required
- still to learn protect employee rights required
- optional, not held advise on organisational culture optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- still to learn employment law required
- still to learn personnel management required
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- still to learn health and safety in the workplace required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held set inclusion policies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a health and safety inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor employee's health practise this
- 02 monitor organisation climate practise this
- 03 employment law study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held advise on government policy compliance skill
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held conduct workplace audits skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held inspect government policy compliance skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held write inspection reports skill
- already held advise on conflict management skill
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held identify policy breach skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held set inclusion policies optional
- optional, not held advise on organisational culture optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- optional, not held monitor company policy optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
21 held skills the health and safety inspector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise legislators skill
- not needed by the target role agricultural sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role communications sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
- not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
- not needed by the target role follow up complaint reports skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role mining sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor policy proposals skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role public administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role show impartiality skill
- not needed by the target role tourism sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role trade sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role transportation sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
5 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 employment law required
- still to learn health and safety in the workplace required
- still to learn personnel management required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
Other moves recorded from government planning inspector
Common questions about this move
Can a government planning inspector become a health and safety inspector?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A government planning inspector already covers 42% of what a health and safety inspector is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 7 of which the health and safety inspector role treats as required.
What skills does a government planning inspector need to become a health and safety inspector?
8 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is monitor employee's health.
How hard is the move from government planning inspector to health and safety inspector?
Its learning distance is 55.6 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.