Career Overlap Transition record
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Pipeline environmental project manager to pipeline route manager

A pipeline environmental project manager already meets 41% of what the pipeline route manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From pipeline environmental project manager
41 % overlap
Partial match
To pipeline route manager
10 You already bring
10 Still to learn
27 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.5/ 100

1 How much of what a pipeline route manager is expected to do is already part of a pipeline environmental project 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 pipeline route manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A pipeline route manager role treats 8 of its required skills as things a pipeline environmental project manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • advise on archaeological sites
  • apply company policies
  • apply health and safety standards
  • comply with pipeline transport regulations
  • ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures
  • mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects

What stands in the way is 10 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pipeline route manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pipeline environmental project manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on archaeological sites communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held combine multiple fields of knowledge information skills
  • already held survey sites for pipeline installation information skills
  • already held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines services
  • already held comply with pipeline transport regulations assisting and caring
  • already held mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects assisting and caring

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the pipeline route manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects required
  • still to learn perform water analysis required
  • still to learn test pipeline infrastructure operations required
  • still to learn monitor work site required
  • optional, not held oversee wetlands in project development optional
02 management skills 4 required
  • still to learn develop contingency plans for emergencies required
  • still to learn perform follow-up on pipeline route services required
  • still to learn set management priorities in pipeline networks required
  • still to learn manage staff required
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn adhere to OHSAS 18001 required
  • optional, not held assist with emergencies optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn types of pipelines required
  • optional, not held engineering principles optional
05 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows optional
  • optional, not held inspect pipelines optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held rigging terminology optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pipeline route 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on archaeological sites skill
  • already held apply company policies skill
  • already held apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held comply with pipeline transport regulations skill
  • already held ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures skill
  • already held mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects skill
  • already held security requirements of goods transported via pipelines knowledge
  • already held survey sites for pipeline installation skill
  • already held combine multiple fields of knowledge skill
  • already held geographic information systems knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify GIS issues optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held consider the impact of material characteristics on pipeline flows optional
  • optional, not held inspect pipelines optional
  • optional, not held rigging terminology optional
  • optional, not held assist with emergencies optional
  • optional, not held engineering principles optional
  • optional, not held identify GIS issues optional
  • optional, not held oversee wetlands in project development optional
21 held skills the pipeline route manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect geological data skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct environmental site assessments skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct surveying activities for construction purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role design well for petroleum production skill
  • not needed by the target role detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure skill
  • not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement environmental action plans skill
  • not needed by the target role implement environmental protection measures skill
  • not needed by the target role perform pipeline routing studies skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role pipeline coating properties knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use earth sciences tools skill
  • not needed by the target role use software tools for site modelling skill
3 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn types of pipelines required
  • optional, not held rigging terminology optional
  • optional, not held engineering principles optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a pipeline environmental project manager become a pipeline route manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A pipeline environmental project manager already covers 41% of what a pipeline route manager is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 8 of which the pipeline route manager role treats as required.

What skills does a pipeline environmental project manager need to become a pipeline route manager?

10 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is analyse route possibilities in pipeline projects.

How hard is the move from pipeline environmental project manager to pipeline route manager?

Its learning distance is 59.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.