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

construction safety managertoconstruction quality manager

A construction safety manager already meets 48% of what the construction quality manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From construction safety manager
48%
Overlap1
To construction quality manager
15 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
54.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

54.4/ 100

1 Share of the construction quality manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the construction safety 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

Why this move works

A construction quality manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a construction safety manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on construction materials
  • building materials industry
  • check compatibility of materials
  • construction product regulation
  • ensure conformity to specifications
  • follow health and safety procedures in construction

What stands in the way is 8 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A construction quality manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a construction safety manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held write specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor construction site information skills
  • already held building materials industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held make time-critical decisions management skills
  • already held construction methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held check compatibility of materials information skills

All 15 carried skills, including the 10 the construction quality manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust engineering designs required
  • required, not held communicate with external laboratories required
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • optional, not held work in a construction team optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held energy conservation required
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held wind energy optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held solar products optional
03 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held keep records of work progress required
  • optional, not held test construction material samples optional
  • optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
  • optional, not held review construction plans authorisations optional
  • optional, not held review construction projects optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held design principles required
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held total quality control required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held statistical quality control required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a construction quality manager 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on construction materials skill
  • already held building materials industry knowledge
  • already held check compatibility of materials skill
  • already held construction product regulation knowledge
  • already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
  • already held follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
  • already held inspect construction supplies skill
  • already held use safety equipment in construction skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held write specifications skill
  • already held construction methods knowledge
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held make time-critical decisions skill
  • already held monitor construction site skill
  • already held supervise staff skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held organise quality circle optional
  • optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
  • optional, not held evaluate employees work optional
08 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held organise quality circle optional
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held test construction material samples optional
  • optional, not held wind energy optional
  • optional, not held work in a construction team optional
  • optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
  • optional, not held evaluate employees work optional
  • optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
  • optional, not held review construction plans authorisations optional
  • optional, not held review construction projects optional
  • optional, not held solar products optional
18 held skills the construction quality manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on safety improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role apply safety management skill
  • not needed by the target role assist with emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role clear accident site skill
  • not needed by the target role determine fire risks skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fire prevention procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow up on safety breaches skill
  • not needed by the target role human factors regarding safety knowledge
  • not needed by the target role incidents and accidents recording knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor employee's health skill
  • not needed by the target role occupational health knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prevent work accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise worker safety skill
  • not needed by the target role test safety strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held statistical quality control required
  • required, not held total quality control required
  • required, not held design principles required
  • required, not held energy conservation required
  • optional, not held energy efficiency optional
  • optional, not held quantity surveying optional
  • optional, not held wind energy optional
  • optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
  • optional, not held solar products optional
Index
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.