Table 1Transition record

environmental health inspectortoindustrial waste inspector

A environmental health inspector already meets 31% of what the industrial waste inspector role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From environmental health inspector

31%

Overlap1

To industrial waste inspector

8 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

64.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.9/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the industrial waste inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the environmental health 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 industrial waste inspector role treats 5 of its required skills as things a environmental health inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

chemistry
ensure compliance with environmental legislation
environmental engineering
environmental legislation
write inspection reports

What stands in the way is 7 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A industrial waste inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a environmental health inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held provide advice on breaches of regulation communication, collaboration and creativity
already held environmental engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held hazardous waste storage services
already held write inspection reports communication, collaboration and creativity
already held biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held environmental legislation business, administration and law

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the industrial waste inspector role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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 assisting and caring 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held issue penalties to violators of the sanitation code required
required, not held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations required
required, not held manage health and safety standards required

optional, not held issue licences optional

02 handling and moving 2 required

required, not held label samples required
required, not held collect samples for analysis required

03 services 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held waste management required

optional, not held hazardous waste treatment optional
optional, not held hazardous waste types optional

04 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held quality assurance procedures required

05 information skills 8 supplementary

optional, not held review waste-treatment facilities construction plans optional
optional, not held measure water quality parameters optional
optional, not held test samples for pollutants optional
optional, not held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations optional
optional, not held inspect sewers optional
optional, not held inspect waste disposal facilities optional
optional, not held lead inspections optional
optional, not held record test data optional

06 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
optional, not held communicate with external laboratories optional
optional, not held investigate complaints about improper waste handling optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a industrial waste inspector 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held chemistry knowledge
already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
already held environmental engineering knowledge
already held environmental legislation knowledge
already held write inspection reports skill
already held biology knowledge
already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
already held provide advice on breaches of regulation skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 management skills 3 supplementary

optional, not held develop environmental remediation strategies optional
optional, not held develop hazardous waste management strategies optional
optional, not held develop non-hazardous waste management strategies optional

08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary

optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional

18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held review waste-treatment facilities construction plans optional
optional, not held measure water quality parameters optional
optional, not held test samples for pollutants optional
optional, not held advise on waste management procedures optional
optional, not held communicate with external laboratories optional
optional, not held develop environmental remediation strategies optional
optional, not held develop hazardous waste management strategies optional
optional, not held develop non-hazardous waste management strategies optional
optional, not held hazardous waste treatment optional
optional, not held hazardous waste types optional
optional, not held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations optional
optional, not held inspect sewers optional
optional, not held inspect waste disposal facilities optional
optional, not held investigate complaints about improper waste handling optional
optional, not held issue licences optional
optional, not held lead inspections optional
optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
optional, not held record test data optional

29 held skills the industrial waste inspector role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role address public health issues skill
not needed by the target role analyse health problems within a given community skill
not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role check methods knowledge
not needed by the target role communicable diseases knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
not needed by the target role consumer protection knowledge
not needed by the target role contribute to public health campaigns skill
not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
not needed by the target role enforce sanitation procedures skill
not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
not needed by the target role foodborne diseases knowledge
not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
not needed by the target role occupational health knowledge
not needed by the target role percolation knowledge
not needed by the target role perform environmental investigations skill
not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
not needed by the target role pests and diseases knowledge
not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
not needed by the target role present reports skill
not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
not needed by the target role provide improvement strategies skill
not needed by the target role provide testimony in court hearings skill
not needed by the target role public health knowledge
not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill

4 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 quality assurance procedures required
required, not held waste management required
optional, not held hazardous waste treatment optional
optional, not held hazardous waste types optional

Index

Other moves recorded from environmental health inspector

Full index of moves from environmental health 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.