industrial quality managertoquality engineer
A industrial quality manager already meets 49% of what the quality engineer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
49%
50.2/ 100
1 Share of the quality engineer 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 quality engineer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a industrial quality manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse test data
- define quality standards
- identify process improvements
- inspect quality of products
- quality standards
- record test data
What stands in the way is 9 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A quality engineer 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 perform pre-assembly quality checks information skills
- already held define quality standards management skills
- already held communicate test results to other departments communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held audit techniques business, administration and law
- already held industrial engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 20 carried skills, including the 7 the quality engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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 perform risk analysis required
- required, not held report test findings required
- required, not held undertake inspections required
- required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
- required, not held quality assurance procedures required
- optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
- required, not held recommend product improvements required
- required, not held write inspection reports required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held test procedures required
- optional, not held materials engineering optional
- optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
- required, not held set quality assurance objectives required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a quality engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 perform risk analysis skill · cross sector
- 02 quality assurance methodologies knowledge · cross sector
- 03 quality assurance procedures knowledge · 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held define quality standards skill
- already held identify process improvements skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held support implementation of quality management systems skill
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held check quality of products on the production line skill
- already held check quality of raw materials skill
- already held communicate test results to other departments skill
- already held define manufacturing quality criteria skill
- already held industrial engineering knowledge
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held oversee quality control skill
- already held perform pre-assembly quality checks skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held communication optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements optional
- optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held materials engineering optional
- optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
29 held skills the quality engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on manufacturing problems 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 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 create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role database quality standards knowledge
- 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 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 internal auditing knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with industrial professionals 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 monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
- not needed by the target role perform quality audits 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 revise quality control systems documentation skill
- not needed by the target role total quality control knowledge
7 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 assurance methodologies required
- required, not held quality assurance procedures required
- required, not held test procedures required
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
- optional, not held materials engineering optional
- optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
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.