Table 1Transition record

aquaculture environmental analysttoenvironmental policy officer

A aquaculture environmental analyst already meets 31% of what the environmental policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aquaculture environmental analyst

31%

Overlap1

To environmental policy officer

12 Skills carried over

14 Required, not held

72.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.3/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the environmental policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aquaculture environmental analyst 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

Why this move works

A environmental policy officer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a aquaculture environmental analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

analyse environmental data
assess environmental impact
ecosystem management
environmental legislation
environmental policy
perform environmental investigations

What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A environmental policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aquaculture environmental analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held perform environmental investigations information skills
already held environmental economics social sciences, journalism and information
already held ecosystem management business, administration and law
already held report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity
already held develop environmental policy management skills
already held analyse environmental data information skills

All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the environmental policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 missing skills fall into 9 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction required
required, not held advise on legislative acts required
required, not held liaise with government officials required

optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
optional, not held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management optional
optional, not held advise legislators optional
optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional

02 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held manage land resources permits required
required, not held measure sustainability of tourism activities required

optional, not held investigate pollution optional
optional, not held measure pollution optional
optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
optional, not held monitor manufacturing impact optional

03 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas required
required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required

optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional

04 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held government policy required
required, not held government policy implementation required

optional, not held policy analysis optional

05 management skills 2 required

required, not held plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage required
required, not held manage government policy implementation required

06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held energy conservation required

optional, not held green building standards optional
optional, not held urban sustainability optional
optional, not held wind energy optional
optional, not held emission standards optional
optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a environmental policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse environmental data skill
already held assess environmental impact skill
already held ecosystem management knowledge
already held environmental legislation knowledge
already held environmental policy knowledge
already held perform environmental investigations skill
already held promote environmental awareness skill
already held report on environmental issues skill
already held develop environmental policy skill
already held environmental economics knowledge
already held pollution legislation knowledge
already held pollution prevention knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held corporate sustainability optional

08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held environmental threats required

optional, not held ecological principles optional

09 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary

optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional

20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
optional, not held green building standards optional
optional, not held investigate pollution optional
optional, not held measure pollution optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
optional, not held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management optional
optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
optional, not held urban sustainability optional
optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
optional, not held wind energy optional
optional, not held advise legislators optional
optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
optional, not held ecological principles optional
optional, not held emission standards optional
optional, not held monitor manufacturing impact optional
optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional

32 held skills the environmental policy officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on environmental risk management systems skill
not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role aquaculture legal documents knowledge
not needed by the target role assess contamination skill
not needed by the target role assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations skill
not needed by the target role assess environmental plans against financial costs skill
not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
not needed by the target role carry out feeding operations skill
not needed by the target role carry out training in environmental matters skill
not needed by the target role communicate verbal instructions skill
not needed by the target role coordinate environmental efforts skill
not needed by the target role create training materials skill
not needed by the target role deliver online training skill
not needed by the target role develop outreach training plans skill
not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure the safety of endangered species and protected areas skill
not needed by the target role environmental design knowledge
not needed by the target role fish anatomy knowledge
not needed by the target role fish biology knowledge
not needed by the target role grow cultures used in monitoring experiments skill
not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
not needed by the target role measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity skill
not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
not needed by the target role monitor the farm environmental management plan skill
not needed by the target role prevent marine pollution skill
not needed by the target role provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities skill
not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
not needed by the target role train employees skill
not needed by the target role use communication devices skill
not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill

15 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held environmental threats required
required, not held energy conservation required
required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
required, not held government policy required
required, not held government policy implementation required
optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
optional, not held green building standards optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held urban sustainability optional
optional, not held wind energy optional
optional, not held ecological principles optional
optional, not held emission standards optional
optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional

Index

Other moves recorded from aquaculture environmental analyst

Full index of moves from aquaculture environmental analyst

Note

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.