Health safety and environmental manager to environmental protection manager
A health safety and environmental manager already meets 35% of what the environmental protection manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.7/ 100
1 How much of what an environmental protection manager is expected to do is already part of a health safety and environmental manager’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 environmental protection manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An environmental protection manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a health safety and environmental manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on environmental remediation
- business analysis
- coordinate environmental efforts
- energy conservation
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
What stands in the way is 16 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. An environmental protection manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a health safety and environmental manager background worth leading with.
- already held coordinate environmental efforts assisting and caring
- already held public health health and welfare
- already held liaise with government officials communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on environmental remediation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held environmental threats natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held carry out environmental audits assisting and caring
All 16 carried skills, including the 10 the environmental protection manager 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 implement environmental action plans required
- still to learn provide training in sustainable tourism development and management required
- still to learn advise on efficiency improvements required
- still to learn liaise with politicians required
- still to learn promote environmental awareness required
- still to learn report on environmental issues required
- optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
- optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
- optional, not held analyse legal enforceability optional
- still to learn develop company strategies required
- still to learn develop environmental policy required
- still to learn develop environmental remediation strategies required
- still to learn ensure compliance with policies required
- still to learn integrate strategic foundation in daily performance required
- optional, not held coordinate airport environmental policies optional
- optional, not held coordinate waste management procedures optional
- still to learn corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn organisational policies required
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- still to learn monitor company policy required
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held assess groundwater environmental impact optional
- optional, not held conduct field work optional
- still to learn ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
- optional, not held protect the environment from the impact of the digital technologies optional
- optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
- still to learn environmental policy required
- optional, not held wildlife projects optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an environmental protection manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 corporate social responsibility study this
- 02 implement environmental action plans practise this
- 03 organisational policies 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held advise on environmental remediation skill
- already held business analysis knowledge
- already held coordinate environmental efforts skill
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held environmental threats knowledge
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held liaise with government officials skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held strategic planning knowledge
- already held carry out environmental audits skill
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held pollution legislation knowledge
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held public health knowledge
- already held waste management knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
- optional, not held discharge of collected waste optional
- optional, not held green space strategies optional
- optional, not held characteristics of waste optional
- optional, not held waste and scrap products optional
- optional, not held tree preservation and conservation optional
- optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held protect the environment from the impact of the digital technologies optional
- optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
- optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held assess groundwater environmental impact optional
- optional, not held characteristics of waste optional
- optional, not held coordinate airport environmental policies optional
- optional, not held coordinate waste management procedures optional
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held discharge of collected waste optional
- optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
- optional, not held tree preservation and conservation optional
- optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
- optional, not held waste and scrap products optional
- optional, not held wildlife projects optional
- optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
- optional, not held analyse legal enforceability optional
- optional, not held conduct field work optional
- optional, not held green space strategies optional
51 held skills the environmental protection manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role abide by business ethical code of conducts skill
- not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
- not needed by the target role advise on sustainability solutions skill
- not needed by the target role apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role asbestos removal regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role assessment of risks and threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate health and safety measures skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
- not needed by the target role consultation methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role develop training programmes skill
- not needed by the target role educate employees on occupational hazards skill
- not needed by the target role encourage teambuilding skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate company needs skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees work skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate industrial hygiene skill
- not needed by the target role fire prevention procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role framework for a safety management system knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify hazards in the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role incidents and accidents recording knowledge
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with industry experts skill
- not needed by the target role make health, safety and environment assessments skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental impact of operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role manage quantitative data skill
- not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
- not needed by the target role monitor employee's health skill
- not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
- not needed by the target role organisational resilience knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform internal investigations skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
11 further entries not listed here
12 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 corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn organisational policies required
- still to learn environmental policy required
- optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
- optional, not held characteristics of waste optional
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held discharge of collected waste optional
- optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
- optional, not held tree preservation and conservation optional
- optional, not held waste and scrap products optional
- optional, not held wildlife projects optional
- optional, not held green space strategies optional
Other moves recorded from health safety and environmental manager
- health and safety officer 43% covered · substantial
- fire inspector 38% covered · substantial
- occupational health and safety inspector 36% covered · substantial
- environmental health inspector 30% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from health safety and environmental manager
Common questions about this move
Can a health safety and environmental manager become an environmental protection manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A health safety and environmental manager already covers 35% of what an environmental protection manager is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 10 of which the environmental protection manager role treats as required.
What skills does a health safety and environmental manager need to become an environmental protection manager?
16 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is corporate social responsibility.
How hard is the move from health safety and environmental manager to environmental protection manager?
Its learning distance is 70.7 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.