Industrial quality manager to quality services manager
An industrial quality manager already meets 39% of what the quality services manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.6/ 100
1 How much of what a quality services manager is expected to do is already part of an industrial quality 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 quality services manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A quality services manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things an industrial quality manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse test data
- create solutions to problems
- database quality standards
- define quality standards
- perform quality audits
- quality standards
What stands in the way is 11 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A quality services manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an industrial quality manager background worth leading with.
- already held management systems standards business, administration and law
- already held database quality standards information and communication technologies (icts)
- 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 perform quality audits management skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the quality services manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 5 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 business knowledge required
- still to learn corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
- still to learn improve business processes required
- still to learn strive for company growth required
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
- still to learn adhere to organisational guidelines required
- still to learn follow company standards required
- still to learn train staff in quality procedures required
- still to learn liaise with managers required
- still to learn oversee stock quality control required
- optional, not held analyse business processes optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a quality services manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 business knowledge study this
- 02 corporate social responsibility study this
- 03 oversee stock quality control 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held database quality standards knowledge
- already held define quality standards skill
- already held perform quality audits skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held communicate test results to other departments skill
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held management systems standards knowledge
- already held perform pre-assembly quality checks skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held analyse business processes optional
- optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
36 held skills the quality services manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on manufacturing problems 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 products on the production line skill
- not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials 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 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 identify process improvements 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 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 manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control 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 record test data skill
- not needed by the target role revise quality control systems documentation skill
- not needed by the target role support implementation of quality management systems 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.
- still to learn business knowledge required
- still to learn corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
Common questions about this move
Can an industrial quality manager become a quality services manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An industrial quality manager already covers 39% of what a quality services manager is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 6 of which the quality services manager role treats as required.
What skills does an industrial quality manager need to become a quality services manager?
11 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is business knowledge.
How hard is the move from industrial quality manager to quality services manager?
Its learning distance is 60.6 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.