Quality services manager to industrial quality manager
A quality services manager already meets 22% of what the industrial quality manager role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
80.3/ 100
1 How much of what an industrial quality manager is expected to do is already part of a quality services 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 industrial quality manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An industrial quality manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a quality services manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse test data
- create solutions to problems
- database quality standards
- perform quality audits
- quality standards
What stands in the way is 24 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An industrial quality manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a quality services manager background worth leading with.
- already held management systems standards business, administration and law
- already held database quality standards information and communication technologies (icts)
- 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 perform quality audits management skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 5 the industrial quality manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 11 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.
- still to learn check quality of products on the production line required
- still to learn check quality of raw materials required
- still to learn conduct workplace audits required
- still to learn evaluate industrial hygiene required
- still to learn monitor manufacturing quality standards required
- still to learn record production data for quality control required
- still to learn revise quality control systems documentation required
- optional, not held inspect material optional
- optional, not held inspect quality of products optional
- optional, not held manage manufacturing documentation optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- still to learn define manufacturing quality criteria required
- still to learn identify preventive actions required
- still to learn identify process improvements required
- still to learn develop audit plan required
- optional, not held create manufacturing guidelines optional
- optional, not held develop manufacturing policies optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held provide technical documentation optional
- still to learn liaise with industrial professionals required
- still to learn manage corrective actions required
- still to learn provide technical expertise required
- still to learn support implementation of quality management systems required
- optional, not held advise on manufacturing problems optional
- still to learn audit techniques required
- still to learn internal auditing required
- optional, not held total quality control optional
- still to learn follow standards for machinery safety required
- still to learn oversee quality control required
- still to learn industrial engineering required
- optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an industrial quality manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check quality of products on the production line practise this
- 02 define manufacturing quality criteria practise this
- 03 follow standards for machinery safety practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held database quality standards knowledge
- already held perform quality audits skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held communicate test results to other departments skill
- already held define quality standards skill
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held management systems standards knowledge
- already held perform pre-assembly quality checks skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn industrial design required
- still to learn inspect industrial equipment required
- still to learn industrial software required
- still to learn correctional procedures required
- optional, not held attend to ICT systems quality optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held attend to ICT systems quality 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 inspect quality of products optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage manufacturing documentation optional
- optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
- optional, not held provide technical documentation optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
18 held skills the industrial quality manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
- not needed by the target role business knowledge knowledge
- not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
- not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role oversee stock quality control skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
- not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
- not needed by the target role train staff in quality procedures skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn audit techniques required
- still to learn correctional procedures required
- still to learn industrial design required
- still to learn industrial engineering required
- still to learn industrial software required
- still to learn internal auditing required
- optional, not held total quality control optional
- optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
Common questions about this move
Can a quality services manager become an industrial quality manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A quality services manager already covers 22% of what an industrial quality manager is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 5 of which the industrial quality manager role treats as required.
What skills does a quality services manager need to become an industrial quality manager?
24 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is check quality of products on the production line.
How hard is the move from quality services manager to industrial quality manager?
Its learning distance is 80.3 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.