quality engineertoindustrial quality manager
A quality engineer already meets 38% of what the industrial quality manager role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
38%
67.9/ 100
1 Share of the industrial quality manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the quality engineer 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 industrial quality manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a quality engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse test data
- audit techniques
- check quality of products on the production line
- check quality of raw materials
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- identify process improvements
What stands in the way is 19 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A industrial quality manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a quality engineer background worth leading with.
- already held support implementation of quality management systems communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform pre-assembly quality checks information skills
- already held define quality standards management skills
- already held communicate test results to other departments communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held audit techniques business, administration and law
- already held industrial engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 20 carried skills, including the 10 the industrial quality manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 10 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 conduct workplace audits required
- required, not held evaluate industrial hygiene required
- required, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards required
- required, not held record production data for quality control required
- required, not held revise quality control systems documentation required
- optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
- optional, not held inspect material optional
- optional, not held manage manufacturing documentation optional
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held liaise with industrial professionals required
- required, not held manage corrective actions required
- required, not held provide technical expertise required
- optional, not held advise on manufacturing problems optional
- required, not held identify preventive actions required
- required, not held develop audit plan required
- required, not held perform quality audits required
- optional, not held create manufacturing guidelines optional
- optional, not held develop manufacturing policies optional
- optional, not held provide technical documentation optional
- required, not held database quality standards required
- required, not held industrial software required
- required, not held internal auditing required
- optional, not held management systems standards optional
- optional, not held total quality control optional
- required, not held industrial design required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a industrial quality manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 database quality standards knowledge · sector specific
- 02 follow standards for machinery safety skill · sector specific
- 03 identify preventive actions 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held check quality of products on the production line skill
- already held check quality of raw materials skill
- already held define manufacturing quality criteria skill
- already held identify process improvements skill
- already held industrial engineering knowledge
- already held oversee quality control skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held support implementation of quality management systems skill
- already held communicate test results to other departments skill
- already held define quality standards skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held perform pre-assembly quality checks skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held follow standards for machinery safety required
- required, not held inspect industrial equipment required
- required, not held correctional procedures required
- optional, not held attend to ICT systems quality optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
- optional, not held attend to ICT systems quality optional
- optional, not held management systems standards optional
- optional, not held total quality control optional
- optional, not held advise on manufacturing problems optional
- optional, not held create manufacturing guidelines optional
- optional, not held develop manufacturing policies optional
- optional, not held inspect material optional
- optional, not held manage manufacturing documentation optional
- optional, not held provide technical documentation optional
17 held skills the industrial quality manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with company regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role lean manufacturing knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain test equipment skill
- not needed by the target role materials engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role non-destructive testing knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality assurance procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role recommend product improvements skill
- not needed by the target role report test findings skill
- not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
- not needed by the target role test procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
7 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 database quality standards required
- required, not held correctional procedures required
- required, not held industrial design required
- required, not held industrial software required
- required, not held internal auditing required
- optional, not held management systems standards optional
- optional, not held total quality control 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.