Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

industrial firefightertofirefighter

A industrial firefighter already meets 63% of what the firefighter role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.

From industrial firefighter
63%
Overlap1
To firefighter
32 Skills carried over
1 Required, not held
47.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

63%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.2/ 100

1 Share of the firefighter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the industrial firefighter 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

Why this move works

A firefighter role treats 17 of its required skills as things a industrial firefighter 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 1 required skill the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

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 a industrial firefighter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 12 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held 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
02 information skills 7 supplementary
  • 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
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 6 supplementary
  • 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
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • 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
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
  • optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
  • optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
06 handling and moving 3 supplementary
  • 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

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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 32 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
08 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held dock operations optional
  • optional, not held navy operations optional
09 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles optional
10 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held environmental policy optional
12 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
35 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Index
Note

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.