pest management workertochimney sweep
A pest management worker already meets 16% of what the chimney sweep role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
16%
81.8/ 100
1 Share of the chimney sweep role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pest management worker 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 chimney sweep role treats 3 of its required skills as things a pest management worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- maintain customer service
- personal protective equipment
- use personal protection equipment
What stands in the way is 15 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chimney sweep role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pest management worker background worth leading with.
- already held personal protective equipment services
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
- already held drive vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
- already held maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the chimney sweep role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 9 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 dispose soot from the sweeping process required
- required, not held use chimney sweeping equipment required
- required, not held clean chimney required
- required, not held clean ventilation system required
- required, not held protect surrounding area during chimney sweeping process required
- required, not held enforce safety procedures when working at heights required
- required, not held work in inclement conditions required
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held provide customer follow-up services optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
- optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
- required, not held domestic heating systems required
- required, not held ventilation systems required
- optional, not held roofing techniques optional
- optional, not held energy optional
- required, not held examine ventilation system required
- required, not held report chimney defects required
- optional, not held create chimney inspection reports optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- required, not held carry out chimney pressure testing required
- required, not held check chimney's conditions required
- required, not held advise on hazards of heating systems required
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held advise on heating systems energy efficiency optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a chimney sweep role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out chimney pressure testing skill · occupation specific
- 02 check chimney's conditions skill · occupation specific
- 03 dispose soot from the sweeping process skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held personal protective equipment knowledge
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held fire safety regulations required
- optional, not held comply with schedule optional
- optional, not held tend asbestos blower optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create chimney inspection reports optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held roofing techniques optional
- optional, not held tend asbestos blower optional
- optional, not held advise on heating systems energy efficiency optional
- optional, not held comply with schedule optional
- optional, not held energy optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held provide customer follow-up services optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
- optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
26 held skills the chimney sweep role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European pesticide legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on pest infestation prevention skill
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role cleaning industry health and safety measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role decide on infestation treatment type skill
- not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- not needed by the target role herbicides knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify infestation source skill
- not needed by the target role integrated pest management knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of pesticides skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role national pesticide legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform mathematical calculations in pest management skill
- not needed by the target role pest biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role pest management techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role pesticides knowledge
- not needed by the target role phytosanitary measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role preventative measures against pests knowledge
- not needed by the target role protect plants during pest control skill
- not needed by the target role report on pest inspections skill
- not needed by the target role safe use of pesticides knowledge
- not needed by the target role spray pesticides skill
- not needed by the target role use pest detection sensors skill
- not needed by the target role wood preservation knowledge
5 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 domestic heating systems required
- required, not held fire safety regulations required
- required, not held ventilation systems required
- optional, not held roofing techniques optional
- optional, not held energy 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.