quality services managertoindustrial 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.
22%
80.3/ 100
1 Share of the industrial quality manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the quality services manager 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 5 of its required skills as things a quality services manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- 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. 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 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 would need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 11 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 check quality of products on the production line required
- required, not held check quality of raw materials required
- 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 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
- required, not held define manufacturing quality criteria required
- required, not held identify preventive actions required
- required, not held identify process improvements required
- required, not held 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
- required, not held liaise with industrial professionals required
- required, not held manage corrective actions required
- required, not held provide technical expertise required
- required, not held support implementation of quality management systems required
- optional, not held advise on manufacturing problems optional
- required, not held audit techniques required
- required, not held internal auditing required
- optional, not held total quality control optional
- required, not held follow standards for machinery safety required
- required, not held oversee quality control required
- required, not held industrial engineering required
- optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
5 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 check quality of products on the production line skill · sector specific
- 02 define manufacturing quality criteria skill · sector specific
- 03 follow standards for machinery safety 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 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
- required, not held industrial design required
- required, not held inspect industrial equipment required
- required, not held industrial software required
- required, not held 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.
- required, not held audit techniques required
- required, not held correctional procedures required
- required, not held industrial design required
- required, not held industrial engineering required
- required, not held industrial software required
- required, not held internal auditing required
- optional, not held total quality control optional
- optional, not held manufacturing processes 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.