quality services managertoquality engineer
A quality services manager already meets 29% of what the quality engineer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
68.1/ 100
1 Share of the quality engineer 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 quality engineer 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
- define quality standards
- quality assurance methodologies
- quality standards
- set quality assurance objectives
What stands in the way is 11 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 10 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 quality services manager background worth leading with.
- 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 set quality assurance objectives management skills
- already held lead inspections information skills
- already held quality assurance methodologies business, administration and law
All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the quality engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 8 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 inspect quality of products required
- required, not held perform risk analysis 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
- 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 train employees optional
- 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
- required, not held quality assurance procedures required
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
- required, not held identify process improvements required
- optional, not held define manufacturing quality criteria optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
2 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 identify process improvements skill · sector specific
- 02 inspect quality of products skill · cross sector
- 03 perform risk analysis skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held define quality standards skill
- already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held set quality assurance objectives skill
- already held communicate test results to other departments skill
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held perform pre-assembly quality checks skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held use measurement instruments skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held communication optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 communication optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements optional
- optional, not held industrial engineering optional
- optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held manage budgets 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 train employees optional
21 held skills the quality engineer 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 assess supplier risks 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 create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role database quality standards 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 management systems standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee stock quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform quality audits 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 strive for company growth skill
- not needed by the target role train staff in quality procedures 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.
- 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
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.