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

manufacturing facility managertofacilities manager

A manufacturing facility manager already meets 48% of what the facilities manager role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From manufacturing facility manager
48%
Overlap1
To facilities manager
25 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
61.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.8/ 100

1 Share of the facilities manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the manufacturing facility 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

Why this move works

A facilities manager role treats 18 of its required skills as things a manufacturing facility manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • carry out energy management of facilities
  • corporate social responsibility
  • electrical power safety regulations
  • energy conservation
  • ensure equipment availability
  • ensure equipment maintenance

What stands in the way is 18 required skills 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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A facilities manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a manufacturing facility manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure inspections of facilities information skills
  • already held manage facilities services management skills
  • already held plan facilities management policies management skills
  • already held facilities management in the organisation business, administration and law
  • already held manage space utilisation management skills
  • already held inspect building systems information skills

All 25 carried skills, including the 18 the facilities manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 7 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 management skills 8 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held establish daily priorities required
  • required, not held manage logistics required
  • required, not held manage maintenance operations required
  • required, not held manage supplies required
  • required, not held oversee the facilities services budget required
  • required, not held plan schedule required
  • required, not held strive for company growth required
  • required, not held supervise daily information operations required
  • optional, not held evaluate employees optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect contracts for related grounds maintenance work required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
  • required, not held promote facilities management services required
  • required, not held handle customer complaints required
  • required, not held maintain customer service required
  • optional, not held design building retrofitting solutions optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure compliance with noise standards required
  • required, not held follow company standards required
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held respond to burglar alarm systems optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held green building practices required
  • required, not held environmental management standards required
  • optional, not held building automation optional
  • optional, not held energy market optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
  • optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
06 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a facilities manager 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 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held carry out energy management of facilities skill
  • already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • already held electrical power safety regulations knowledge
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • already held ensure inspections of facilities skill
  • already held facilities management in the organisation knowledge
  • already held fire safety regulations knowledge
  • already held inspect building systems skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage facilities services skill
  • already held manage space utilisation skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held plan buildings maintenance work skill
  • already held plan facilities management policies skill
  • already held supervise work skill
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held liaise with security authorities skill
  • already held manage emergency evacuation plans skill
  • already held manage major incidents skill
  • already held perform procurement processes skill
  • already held plan health and safety procedures skill
  • already held supply chain management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held design building retrofitting solutions optional
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held building automation optional
  • optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held energy market optional
  • optional, not held evaluate employees optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
  • optional, not held respond to burglar alarm systems optional
13 held skills the facilities manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role collect industrial waste skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make health, safety and environment assessments skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage manufacturing facilities skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor conveyor belt skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor processing environment conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role multimodal transport logistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role oversee assembly operations skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee logistics of finished products skill
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
  • required, not held green building practices required
  • required, not held environmental management standards required
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held building automation optional
  • optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held energy market optional
Index

Other moves recorded from manufacturing facility manager

Full index of moves from manufacturing facility manager

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.