Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

construction safety inspectortohealth and safety officer

A construction safety inspector already meets 20% of what the health and safety officer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From construction safety inspector
20%
Overlap1
To health and safety officer
6 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
75.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance A rebuild

75.7/ 100

1 Share of the health and safety officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the construction safety inspector 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 health and safety officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a construction safety inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assessment of risks and threats
  • communicate health and safety measures
  • educate employees on occupational hazards
  • monitor employee's health

What stands in the way is 12 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A health and safety officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a construction safety inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held educate employees on occupational hazards communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held communicate health and safety measures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor employee's health information skills
  • already held assessment of risks and threats information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held test safety strategies information skills
  • already held perform risk analysis information skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the health and safety officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 7 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 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on risk management required
  • required, not held draw up risk assessment required
  • required, not held monitor legislation developments required
  • optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
  • optional, not held advise on environmental risk management systems optional
  • optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
  • optional, not held make health, safety and environment assessments optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on conflict management required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held educate on emergency management optional
  • optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
  • required, not held quality standards required
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held follow standards for machinery safety required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
  • optional, not held issue licences optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
05 services 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
  • required, not held personal protective equipment required
  • optional, not held occupational health optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a health and safety 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assessment of risks and threats knowledge
  • already held communicate health and safety measures skill
  • already held educate employees on occupational hazards skill
  • already held monitor employee's health skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held test safety strategies skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify policy breach optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held provide improvement strategies optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held identify policy breach optional
  • optional, not held occupational health optional
  • optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held advise on environmental risk management systems optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
  • optional, not held educate on emergency management optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
  • optional, not held issue licences optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
  • optional, not held make health, safety and environment assessments optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held provide improvement strategies optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
21 held skills the health and safety officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on construction materials skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on safety improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role assist with emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role building materials industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role construction methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role determine fire risks skill
  • not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
  • not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
  • not needed by the target role follow up on safety breaches skill
  • not needed by the target role handle incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role human factors regarding safety knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify preventive actions skill
  • not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect construction supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor construction site skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent work accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role report on possible equipment hazards skill
  • not needed by the target role test construction material samples skill
  • not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
10 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 legislation required
  • required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
  • required, not held personal protective equipment required
  • required, not held quality standards required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held occupational health optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
Index

Other moves recorded from construction safety inspector

Full index of moves from construction safety inspector

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.