industrial quality managertoproduct quality controller
A industrial quality manager already meets 50% of what the product quality controller role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
50%
48.1/ 100
1 Share of the product quality controller role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the industrial quality manager 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 this move works
A product quality controller role treats 9 of its required skills as things a industrial quality manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- check quality of products on the production line
- define quality standards
- identify process improvements
- monitor manufacturing quality standards
- oversee quality control
- perform quality audits
What stands in the way is 7 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 product quality controller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a industrial quality manager background worth leading with.
- already held support implementation of quality management systems communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held revise quality control systems documentation information skills
- already held define quality standards management skills
- already held perform quality audits management skills
- already held identify process improvements management skills
- already held check quality of products on the production line information skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the product quality controller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- required, not held monitor the production line required
- required, not held track key performance indicators required
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held use technical documentation optional
- required, not held work in assembly line teams required
- required, not held write inspection reports required
- optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
- required, not held manage health and safety standards required
- required, not held quality assurance procedures required
- required, not held quality control systems required
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a product quality controller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 quality control systems knowledge · sector specific
- 02 manage health and safety standards skill · cross sector
- 03 monitor the production line skill · cross sector
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 check quality of products on the production line skill
- already held define quality standards skill
- already held identify process improvements skill
- already held monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
- already held oversee quality control skill
- already held perform quality audits skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held revise quality control systems documentation skill
- already held support implementation of quality management systems skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held record test data skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held develop procedures in case of defects optional
- optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held develop procedures in case of defects optional
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
- optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
- optional, not held use technical documentation optional
38 held skills the product quality controller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on manufacturing problems skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
- not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
- not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials skill
- not needed by the target role communicate test results to other departments skill
- not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
- not needed by the target role correctional procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role create manufacturing guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role database quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role define manufacturing quality criteria skill
- not needed by the target role develop audit plan skill
- not needed by the target role develop manufacturing policies skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate industrial hygiene skill
- not needed by the target role follow standards for machinery safety skill
- not needed by the target role identify preventive actions skill
- not needed by the target role industrial design knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial software knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect industrial equipment skill
- not needed by the target role inspect material skill
- not needed by the target role inspect quality of products skill
- not needed by the target role internal auditing knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with industrial professionals skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage corrective actions skill
- not needed by the target role manage manufacturing documentation skill
- not needed by the target role management systems standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform pre-assembly quality checks skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
- not needed by the target role record production data for quality control skill
- not needed by the target role total quality control knowledge
- not needed by the target role use measurement instruments skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held quality control systems required
- required, not held quality assurance procedures required
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.