Health safety and environmental manager to occupational health and safety inspector
A health safety and environmental manager already meets 36% of what the occupational health and safety inspector role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
73.1/ 100
1 How much of what an occupational health and safety inspector 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 occupational health and safety inspector role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An occupational health and safety inspector role treats 13 of its required skills as things a health safety and environmental manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- audit techniques
- communicate health and safety measures
- conduct workplace audits
- health and safety in the workplace
- health and safety regulations
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
What stands in the way is 21 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An occupational health and safety inspector 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 framework for a safety management system services
- already held make health, safety and environment assessments information skills
- already held educate employees on occupational hazards communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held incidents and accidents recording services
- already held communicate health and safety measures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor employee's health information skills
All 21 carried skills, including the 13 the occupational health and safety inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 40 missing skills fall into 8 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 ensure annual safety inspections required
- still to learn foster compliance with health and safety rules by setting an example required
- still to learn prevent health and safety problems required
- still to learn manage health and safety required
- still to learn prevent work accidents required
- still to learn adhere to OHSAS 18001 required
- still to learn apply health and safety standards required
- still to learn follow safety precautions in work practices required
- optional, not held ensure safety in hospitality establishment optional
- optional, not held act with a high level of safety awareness optional
- optional, not held balance the project requirements with health and safety concerns optional
- optional, not held ensure health and safety of staff optional
- optional, not held follow up on safety breaches optional
- optional, not held apply safety management optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held ensure health and safety in manufacturing optional
- optional, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held issue licences optional
- still to learn instruct on safety measures required
- still to learn promote health and safety policies in health services required
- still to learn assist employee health programmes required
- still to learn conduct research interview required
- still to learn inform on workplace safety standards required
- optional, not held provide on-board safety training optional
- optional, not held train staff in safety procedures optional
- still to learn document safety actions required
- still to learn advise on risk management required
- still to learn investigate occupational injuries required
- still to learn lead inspections required
- optional, not held assess ergonomics of the workplace optional
- optional, not held draw up risk assessment optional
- still to learn identify policy breach required
- still to learn prepare audit activities required
- still to learn occupational health required
- optional, not held safety regulations for warehouses optional
- optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
- still to learn interview techniques required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an occupational health and safety inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure annual safety inspections practise this
- 02 foster compliance with health and safety rules by setting an example practise this
- 03 prevent health and safety problems 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 21 skills that carry over
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held communicate health and safety measures skill
- already held conduct workplace audits skill
- already held health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- already held identify hazards in the workplace skill
- already held make health, safety and environment assessments skill
- already held monitor employee's health skill
- already held monitor legislation developments skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
- already held promote health and safety skill
- already held risk management knowledge
- already held educate employees on occupational hazards skill
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held framework for a safety management system knowledge
- already held incidents and accidents recording knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held pollution legislation knowledge
- already held provide improvement strategies skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held employment law optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess ergonomics of the workplace optional
- optional, not held ensure safety in hospitality establishment optional
- optional, not held act with a high level of safety awareness optional
- optional, not held balance the project requirements with health and safety concerns optional
- optional, not held ensure health and safety of staff optional
- optional, not held follow up on safety breaches optional
- optional, not held provide on-board safety training optional
- optional, not held safety regulations for warehouses optional
- optional, not held train staff in safety procedures optional
- optional, not held apply safety management optional
- optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
- optional, not held draw up risk assessment optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held ensure health and safety in manufacturing optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held issue licences optional
46 held skills the occupational health and safety inspector 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 environmental remediation 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 business analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role consultation methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate environmental efforts skill
- 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 encourage teambuilding skill
- not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental threats knowledge
- 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 implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with industry experts skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental impact of operations 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 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 pollution prevention knowledge
- not needed by the target role production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote sustainability skill
- not needed by the target role provide advice on breaches of regulation skill
- not needed by the target role public health knowledge
- not needed by the target role public relations knowledge
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
6 further entries not listed here
6 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 occupational health required
- still to learn interview techniques required
- optional, not held safety regulations for warehouses optional
- optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
Other moves recorded from health safety and environmental manager
- health and safety officer 43% covered · substantial
- fire inspector 38% covered · substantial
- environmental protection manager 35% 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 occupational health and safety inspector?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A health safety and environmental manager already covers 36% of what an occupational health and safety inspector is expected to do: 21 skills carry over, 13 of which the occupational health and safety inspector role treats as required.
What skills does a health safety and environmental manager need to become an occupational health and safety inspector?
21 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is ensure annual safety inspections.
How hard is the move from health safety and environmental manager to occupational health and safety inspector?
Its learning distance is 73.1 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.