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

environmental policy officertoenvironmental programme coordinator

A environmental policy officer already meets 36% of what the environmental programme coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From environmental policy officer
36%
Overlap1
To environmental programme coordinator
17 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
70.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.8/ 100

1 Share of the environmental programme coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the environmental policy 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

Why this move works

A environmental programme coordinator role treats 13 of its required skills as things a environmental policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse environmental data
  • assess environmental impact
  • corporate sustainability
  • develop environmental policy
  • energy conservation
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation

What stands in the way is 18 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A environmental programme coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a environmental policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held urban sustainability engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held perform environmental investigations information skills
  • already held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held green building standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held ecosystem management business, administration and law
  • already held report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity

All 17 carried skills, including the 13 the environmental programme coordinator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 11 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 6 required
  • required, not held energy efficiency required
  • required, not held environmental design required
  • required, not held green building practices required
  • required, not held alternative energy required
  • required, not held circular economy required
  • required, not held environmental management standards required
02 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor nature conservation required
  • required, not held analyse big data required
  • required, not held analyse energy consumption required
  • required, not held conduct environmental surveys required
  • optional, not held conduct environmental site assessments optional
  • optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out environmental audits required
  • required, not held implement environmental protection measures required
  • optional, not held issue licences optional
04 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held legal studies required
  • required, not held quality standards required
  • optional, not held project management optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held implement environmental action plans required
  • optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
  • optional, not held carry out training in environmental matters optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held develop educational resources optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held listen actively optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held write inspection reports optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held habitat restoration required
  • optional, not held biology optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held soil science optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a environmental programme coordinator 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse environmental data skill
  • already held assess environmental impact skill
  • already held corporate sustainability knowledge
  • already held develop environmental policy skill
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held environmental legislation knowledge
  • already held environmental policy knowledge
  • already held green building standards knowledge
  • already held perform environmental investigations skill
  • already held promote environmental awareness skill
  • already held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management skill
  • already held report on environmental issues skill
  • already held ecosystem management knowledge
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held urban sustainability knowledge
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held mitigate waste of resources required
08 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held interact through digital technologies required
09 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ethics optional
10 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform manual work autonomously optional
11 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held radiation protection optional
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
  • optional, not held perform manual work autonomously optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held biology optional
  • optional, not held carry out training in environmental matters optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held conduct environmental site assessments optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held develop educational resources optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held ethics optional
  • optional, not held issue licences optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held listen actively optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held radiation protection optional
  • optional, not held soil science optional
  • optional, not held write inspection reports optional
29 held skills the environmental programme coordinator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise legislators skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on carbon emissions reduction skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on legislative acts skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on mining environmental issues skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role ecological principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role emission standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental threats knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food waste monitoring systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investigate pollution skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
  • not needed by the target role manage land resources permits skill
  • not needed by the target role measure pollution skill
  • not needed by the target role measure sustainability of tourism activities skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing impact skill
  • not needed by the target role plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage skill
  • not needed by the target role plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas skill
  • not needed by the target role policy analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prevent sea pollution skill
  • not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role sustainable manufacturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality skill
  • not needed by the target role wind energy knowledge
17 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 energy efficiency required
  • required, not held environmental design required
  • required, not held green building practices required
  • required, not held habitat restoration required
  • required, not held legal studies required
  • required, not held alternative energy required
  • required, not held circular economy required
  • required, not held environmental management standards required
  • required, not held quality standards required
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held biology optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held ethics optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held radiation protection optional
  • optional, not held soil science optional
Index

Other moves recorded from environmental policy officer

Full index of moves from environmental policy officer

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.