pump operatortomarine firefighter
A pump operator already meets 49% of what the marine firefighter role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
49%
56.7/ 100
1 Share of the marine firefighter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pump operator 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 marine firefighter role treats 11 of its required skills as things a pump operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure public safety and security
- extinguish fires
- fire prevention procedures
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- first aid
What stands in the way is 12 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A marine firefighter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pump operator background worth leading with.
- already held operate emergency vehicle working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate emergency equipment handling and moving
- already held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles constructing
- already held manage emergency care situations management skills
- already held maintain safety systems assisting and caring
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems communication, collaboration and creativity
All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the marine firefighter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 perform search and rescue missions required
- required, not held evacuate people from buildings required
- required, not held provide first aid required
- required, not held select hazard control required
- required, not held ensure vessel security required
- required, not held investigate maritime accidents required
- required, not held prevent marine pollution required
- required, not held navy operations required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- required, not held operate marine machinery systems required
- required, not held operate marine communication systems required
- optional, not held install vessel's safety equipment optional
- required, not held implement fire safety management plans required
- optional, not held organise fire drills optional
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a marine firefighter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure vessel security skill · sector specific
- 02 implement fire safety management plans skill · sector specific
- 03 investigate maritime accidents skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held extinguish fires skill
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held manage emergency care situations skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers skill
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment skill
- already held educate public on fire safety skill
- already held maintain safety systems skill
- already held operate emergency equipment skill
- already held operate emergency vehicle skill
- already held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- optional, not held install vessel's safety equipment optional
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held organise fire drills optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system optional
12 held skills the marine firefighter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role coordinate fire fighting skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulic fluid knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain hydraulic systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate fire extinguishers skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydraulic machinery controls skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydraulic pumps skill
- not needed by the target role operate pumps for fire extinguishing skill
- not needed by the target role perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
6 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 navy operations required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held dock operations optional
- optional, not held mechanics of vessels optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel electrical system 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.