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

project support officertoquality engineer

A project support officer already meets 19% of what the quality engineer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From project support officer
19%
Overlap1
To quality engineer
7 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
76 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance A rebuild

76/ 100

1 Share of the quality engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the project support officer 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 quality engineer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a project support officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • perform risk analysis
  • quality assurance methodologies
  • quality standards

What stands in the way is 13 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A quality engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a project support officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held quality assurance methodologies business, administration and law
  • already held ensure compliance with legal requirements assisting and caring
  • already held perform risk analysis information skills
  • already held train employees communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform project management management skills
  • already held quality standards business, administration and law

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the quality engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse test data required
  • required, not held inspect quality of products required
  • required, not held record test data required
  • required, not held report test findings required
  • required, not held undertake inspections required
  • optional, not held check quality of products on the production line optional
  • optional, not held check quality of raw materials optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held perform pre-assembly quality checks optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held recommend product improvements required
  • required, not held support implementation of quality management systems required
  • required, not held write inspection reports required
  • optional, not held communicate test results to other departments optional
03 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify process improvements required
  • required, not held define quality standards required
  • required, not held set quality assurance objectives required
  • optional, not held define manufacturing quality criteria optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held test procedures required
  • optional, not held industrial engineering optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held materials engineering optional
  • optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held quality assurance procedures required
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
  • optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
06 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
  • optional, not held oversee quality control optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a quality engineer 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held train employees skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
08 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held communication optional
09 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held check quality of products on the production line optional
  • optional, not held define manufacturing quality criteria optional
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
  • optional, not held check quality of raw materials optional
  • optional, not held communicate test results to other departments optional
  • optional, not held communication optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
  • optional, not held industrial engineering optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held materials engineering optional
  • optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
  • optional, not held oversee quality control optional
  • optional, not held perform pre-assembly quality checks optional
  • optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
33 held skills the quality engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prince2 project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out project activities skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct quality control analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
  • not needed by the target role customise project methodologies skill
  • not needed by the target role document project progress skill
  • not needed by the target role draft project documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
  • not needed by the target role introduce new employees skill
  • not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain a central project repository skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project changes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project information skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage relationships with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor the conformance to the project methodology skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise information on availability of the team skill
  • not needed by the target role organise project meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role perform PESTEL analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role project configuration management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management methodology (PM²) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role use ICT ticketing system skill
9 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 quality assurance procedures required
  • required, not held test procedures required
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
  • optional, not held communication optional
  • optional, not held industrial engineering optional
  • optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held materials engineering optional
  • optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
Index

Other moves recorded from project support officer

Full index of moves from project support officer

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.