Labour relations officer to health and safety inspector
A labour relations officer already meets 59% of what the health and safety inspector role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
40.7/ 100
1 How much of what a health and safety inspector is expected to do is already part of a labour relations officer’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 health and safety inspector role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A health and safety inspector role treats 9 of its required skills as things a labour relations officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on government policy compliance
- employment law
- gather feedback from employees
- government policy implementation
- inspect government policy compliance
- maintain relationships with government agencies
What stands in the way is 6 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A health and safety inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a labour relations officer background worth leading with.
- already held monitor organisation climate information skills
- already held advise on organisational culture communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held protect employee rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held personnel management business, administration and law
- already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
- already held gather feedback from employees information skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the health and safety inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 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 present reports required
- still to learn write inspection reports required
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- still to learn monitor employee's health required
- still to learn conduct workplace audits required
- still to learn audit techniques required
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- still to learn health and safety in the workplace required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held identify policy breach optional
- optional, not held set inclusion policies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a health and safety inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor employee's health practise this
- 02 audit techniques study this
- 03 conduct workplace audits 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held advise on government policy compliance skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held gather feedback from employees skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held inspect government policy compliance skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held monitor organisation climate skill
- already held personnel management knowledge
- already held protect employee rights skill
- already held advise on conflict management skill
- already held advise on organisational culture skill
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held monitor company policy skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held respond to enquiries skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held identify policy breach optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held set inclusion policies optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
12 held skills the health and safety inspector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on personnel management skill
- not needed by the target role build trust skill
- not needed by the target role business communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure gender equality in the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate official agreement skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
- not needed by the target role moderate in negotiations skill
- not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
- not needed by the target role represent union members skill
- not needed by the target role support employability of people with disabilities skill
4 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 audit techniques required
- still to learn health and safety in the workplace required
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
Other moves recorded from labour relations officer
Common questions about this move
Can a labour relations officer become a health and safety inspector?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A labour relations officer already covers 59% of what a health and safety inspector is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 9 of which the health and safety inspector role treats as required.
What skills does a labour relations officer need to become a health and safety inspector?
6 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is monitor employee's health.
How hard is the move from labour relations officer to health and safety inspector?
Its learning distance is 40.7 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.