fire protection techniciantochief fire officer
A fire protection technician already meets 34% of what the chief fire officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
65/ 100
1 Share of the chief fire officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fire protection technician 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 this move works
A chief fire officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a fire protection technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- fire prevention procedures
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- organise fire drills
- pyrotechnic articles legislation
- use different types of fire extinguishers
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chief fire officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fire protection technician background worth leading with.
- already held organise fire drills management skills
- already held pyrotechnic articles legislation business, administration and law
- already held operate fire extinguishers assisting and caring
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers assisting and caring
- already held fire prevention procedures services
- already held fire-fighting systems services
All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the chief fire officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 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.
- required, not held implement fire safety management plans required
- required, not held lead a team required
- required, not held manage emergency care situations required
- required, not held manage staff required
- optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held extinguish fires required
- required, not held manage major incidents required
- optional, not held apply first response optional
- optional, not held select hazard control optional
- optional, not held supervise worker safety optional
- required, not held work as a team in a hazardous environment required
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held coordinate with other emergency services optional
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held first response required
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a chief fire officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure public safety and security skill · sector specific
- 02 first response knowledge · sector specific
- 03 implement fire safety management plans skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held organise fire drills skill
- already held pyrotechnic articles legislation knowledge
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers skill
- already held environmental policy knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held operate fire extinguishers skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held test safety strategies skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held manage security equipment optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held apply first response optional
- optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held coordinate with other emergency services optional
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage security equipment optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held select hazard control optional
- optional, not held supervise worker safety optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
17 held skills the chief fire officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on safety improvements skill
- not needed by the target role arrange equipment repairs skill
- not needed by the target role estimate damage skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
- not needed by the target role handling of dangerous goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect fire equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain safety systems skill
- not needed by the target role order equipment skill
- not needed by the target role organise fire station skill
- not needed by the target role perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held first response required
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
Other moves recorded from fire protection technician
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.