coastguard watch officertoemergency response coordinator
A coastguard watch officer already meets 37% of what the emergency response coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
37%
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1 Share of the emergency response coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the coastguard watch officer 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 emergency response coordinator role treats 3 of its required skills as things a coastguard watch officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on safety improvements
- estimate damage
- perform risk analysis
What stands in the way is 6 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 emergency response coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a coastguard watch officer background worth leading with.
- already held identify risk of flooding information skills
- already held first response health and welfare
- already held estimate damage information skills
- already held advise on safety improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held pollution legislation business, administration and law
- already held undertake inspections information skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 3 the emergency response coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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 advise on environmental risk management systems required
- required, not held advise on risk management required
- required, not held test safety strategies required
- required, not held educate on emergency management required
- required, not held manage emergency evacuation plans required
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- required, not held manage emergency procedures required
- optional, not held develop strategy to solve problems optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
- optional, not held conduct fire safety inspections optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a emergency response coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on environmental risk management systems skill · cross sector
- 02 advise on risk management skill · cross sector
- 03 educate on emergency management 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 advise on safety improvements skill
- already held estimate damage skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held first response knowledge
- already held identify risk of flooding skill
- already held pollution legislation knowledge
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held undertake inspections skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held operational tactics for emergency responses optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct fire safety inspections optional
- optional, not held develop strategy to solve problems optional
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held operational tactics for emergency responses optional
27 held skills the emergency response coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse weather forecast skill
- not needed by the target role apply first response skill
- not needed by the target role assist in maritime rescue operations skill
- not needed by the target role assist in ship maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role check official documents skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role develop flood remediation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
- not needed by the target role evacuate people from flooded areas skill
- not needed by the target role flood remediation equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role influence of winds and currents in the steering of ships knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrate Committee on Safe Seas guidelines into inspections skill
- not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ship logs skill
- not needed by the target role operate an emergency communication system skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role perform search and rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role prevent sea pollution skill
- not needed by the target role provide advice on breaches of regulation skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
- not needed by the target role treat flood damage skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held operational tactics for emergency responses 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.