Industrial firefighter to firefighter
An industrial firefighter already meets 63% of what the firefighter role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
47.2/ 100
1 How much of what a firefighter is expected to do is already part of an industrial firefighter’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 firefighter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A firefighter role treats 17 of its required skills as things an industrial firefighter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 1 required skill 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 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A firefighter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an industrial firefighter background worth leading with.
- already held contain fires assisting and caring
- already held manage factory operations management skills
- already held assist people in contaminated areas assisting and caring
- already held evacuate people from buildings assisting and caring
- already held implement fire safety management plans management skills
- already held manage emergency care situations management skills
All 32 carried skills, including the 17 the firefighter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 12 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 apply first response required
- optional, not held rescue in road accidents optional
- optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
- optional, not held avoid contamination optional
- optional, not held evacuate people from heights optional
- optional, not held ensure vessel security optional
- optional, not held investigate maritime accidents optional
- optional, not held maintain logbooks optional
- optional, not held prevent marine pollution optional
- optional, not held assess contamination optional
- optional, not held assess impact of industrial activities optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held drive firetruck under emergency conditions optional
- optional, not held install vessel's safety equipment optional
- optional, not held operate emergency vehicle optional
- optional, not held operate marine machinery systems optional
- optional, not held operate marine communication systems optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- optional, not held assist community optional
- optional, not held relay messages through radio and telephone systems optional
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
- optional, not held climb trees optional
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
- optional, not held operate emergency equipment optional
6 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a firefighter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 32 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 first aid knowledge
- already held health and safety regulations 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 select hazard control skill
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers skill
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment skill
- already held assess risk factors skill
- already held assist people in contaminated areas skill
- already held contain fires skill
- already held handle flammable substances skill
- already held industrial engineering knowledge
- already held industrial tools knowledge
- already held inspect industrial equipment skill
- already held liaise with industrial professionals skill
- already held manage factory operations skill
- already held monitor chemical process condition skill
- already held monitor disposal of radioactive substances skill
- already held organise fire drills skill
- already held regulations on substances knowledge
- already held work safely with chemicals skill
- already held work with chemicals skill
The 6 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- optional, not held navy operations optional
- optional, not held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
35 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist community optional
- optional, not held rescue in road accidents optional
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- optional, not held drive firetruck under emergency conditions optional
- optional, not held ensure vessel security optional
- optional, not held install vessel's safety equipment optional
- optional, not held investigate maritime accidents optional
- optional, not held maintain logbooks optional
- optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held navy operations optional
- optional, not held operate emergency vehicle optional
- optional, not held operate marine machinery systems optional
- optional, not held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held prevent marine pollution optional
- optional, not held relay messages through radio and telephone systems optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
- optional, not held assess contamination optional
- optional, not held assess impact of industrial activities optional
- optional, not held avoid contamination optional
- optional, not held climb trees optional
- optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
- optional, not held evacuate people from heights optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held operate emergency equipment optional
- optional, not held operate marine communication systems optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
0 held skills the firefighter role does not ask for
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held navy operations optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
- optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
Common questions about this move
Can an industrial firefighter become a firefighter?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An industrial firefighter already covers 63% of what a firefighter is expected to do: 32 skills carry over, 17 of which the firefighter role treats as required.
What skills does an industrial firefighter need to become a firefighter?
1 required skills are missing, plus 35 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is apply first response.
How hard is the move from industrial firefighter to firefighter?
Its learning distance is 47.2 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.