Occupational health and safety inspector to aftersales service manager
An occupational health and safety inspector already meets 45% of what the aftersales service manager role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
46.5/ 100
1 How much of what an aftersales service manager is expected to do is already part of an occupational health and safety inspector’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 aftersales service manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aftersales service manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things an occupational health and safety inspector already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply health and safety standards
- apply safety management
- follow safety precautions in work practices
- manage health and safety standards
What stands in the way is 4 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aftersales service manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an occupational health and safety inspector background worth leading with.
- already held adhere to OHSAS 18001 assisting and caring
- already held follow safety precautions in work practices assisting and caring
- already held apply safety management assisting and caring
- already held plan health and safety procedures management skills
- already held manage health and safety standards assisting and caring
- already held apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the aftersales service manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 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 sales activities required
- still to learn sales department processes required
- still to learn supervise worker safety required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
- still to learn execute after sales activities required
- optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
- optional, not held set sales goals optional
- optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
- optional, not held manage sales channels optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aftersales service manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 execute after sales activities practise this
- 02 sales activities study this
- 03 sales department processes study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held apply safety management skill
- already held follow safety precautions in work practices skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held adhere to OHSAS 18001 skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage sales channels optional
- optional, not held set sales goals optional
- optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
- optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with safety legislation optional
55 held skills the aftersales service manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act with a high level of safety awareness skill
- not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
- not needed by the target role assess ergonomics of the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role assist employee health programmes skill
- not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role balance the project requirements with health and safety concerns skill
- not needed by the target role cleaning industry health and safety measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate health and safety measures skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
- not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
- not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
- not needed by the target role draw up risk assessment skill
- not needed by the target role educate employees on occupational hazards skill
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure annual safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety in manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of staff skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety in hospitality establishment skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role follow up on safety breaches skill
- not needed by the target role foster compliance with health and safety rules by setting an example skill
- not needed by the target role framework for a safety management system knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify hazards in the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role identify policy breach skill
- not needed by the target role incidents and accidents recording knowledge
- not needed by the target role inform on workplace safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role instruct on safety measures skill
- not needed by the target role interview techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role investigate occupational injuries skill
- not needed by the target role issue licences skill
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
- not needed by the target role make health, safety and environment assessments skill
15 further entries not listed here
2 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 sales activities required
- still to learn sales department processes required
Other moves recorded from occupational health and safety inspector
- health and safety officer 51% covered · moderate
- health safety and environmental manager 36% covered · substantial
- healthcare inspector 34% covered · substantial
- construction safety manager 34% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from occupational health and safety inspector
Common questions about this move
Can an occupational health and safety inspector become an aftersales service manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An occupational health and safety inspector already covers 45% of what an aftersales service manager is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 4 of which the aftersales service manager role treats as required.
What skills does an occupational health and safety inspector need to become an aftersales service manager?
4 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is execute after sales activities.
How hard is the move from occupational health and safety inspector to aftersales service manager?
Its learning distance is 46.5 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.