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

emergency response coordinatortocoastguard watch officer

A emergency response coordinator already meets 31% of what the coastguard watch officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From emergency response coordinator
31%
Overlap1
To coastguard watch officer
10 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
66.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.9/ 100

1 Share of the coastguard watch officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the emergency response coordinator 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 coastguard watch officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a emergency response coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on safety improvements
  • estimate damage
  • first response
  • perform risk analysis
  • write work-related reports

What stands in the way is 9 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A coastguard watch officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a emergency response coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 5 the coastguard watch officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 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 assisting and caring 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held assist in maritime rescue operations required
  • required, not held apply first response required
  • required, not held ensure law application required
  • required, not held identify security threats required
  • optional, not held integrate Committee on Safe Seas guidelines into inspections optional
  • optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held evacuate people from flooded areas optional
  • optional, not held patrol areas optional
02 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop contingency plans for emergencies required
  • required, not held coordinate rescue missions required
  • required, not held supervise crew required
  • optional, not held develop flood remediation strategies optional
03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse weather forecast required
  • required, not held read maps required
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held maintain ship logs optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held provide advice on breaches of regulation optional
  • optional, not held treat flood damage optional
05 services 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held influence of winds and currents in the steering of ships optional
  • optional, not held flood remediation equipment optional
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate an emergency communication system optional
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a coastguard watch 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on safety improvements skill
  • already held estimate damage skill
  • already held first response knowledge
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
  • 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held integrate Committee on Safe Seas guidelines into inspections optional
  • optional, not held influence of winds and currents in the steering of ships optional
  • optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held develop flood remediation strategies optional
  • optional, not held evacuate people from flooded areas optional
  • optional, not held flood remediation equipment optional
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held maintain ship logs optional
  • optional, not held operate an emergency communication system optional
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
  • optional, not held patrol areas optional
  • optional, not held provide advice on breaches of regulation optional
  • optional, not held treat flood damage optional
15 held skills the coastguard watch 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 advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct fire safety inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on emergency management skill
  • not needed by the target role educate public on fire safety skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage emergency evacuation plans skill
  • not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test safety strategies 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held influence of winds and currents in the steering of ships optional
  • optional, not held flood remediation equipment optional
  • optional, not held law enforcement 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.