fire safety testertofire prevention and protection engineer
A fire safety tester already meets 39% of what the fire prevention and protection engineer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
39%
61.5/ 100
1 Share of the fire prevention and protection engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fire safety tester 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 fire prevention and protection engineer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a fire safety tester already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- conduct fire tests
- fire prevention procedures
- fire protection engineering
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- operate fire extinguishers
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 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fire prevention and protection engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fire safety tester background worth leading with.
- already held conduct fire tests information skills
- already held fire protection engineering services
- already held determine fire risks information skills
- already held conduct fire safety inspections assisting and caring
- already held operate fire extinguishers assisting and caring
- already held educate public on fire safety communication, collaboration and creativity
All 16 carried skills, including the 6 the fire prevention and protection engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 10 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 engineering processes required
- required, not held engineering principles required
- required, not held safety engineering required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- optional, not held properties of textile materials optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- required, not held adjust engineering designs required
- required, not held approve engineering design required
- optional, not held teach fire fighting principles optional
- optional, not held prevent fires on board optional
- optional, not held advise on construction materials optional
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- required, not held prevent fire in a performance environment required
- optional, not held contain fires optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- optional, not held use different types of fire extinguishers optional
- required, not held environmental legislation required
- required, not held perform scientific research required
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held thermodynamics optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fire prevention and protection engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 engineering processes knowledge · sector specific
- 02 prevent fire in a performance environment skill · sector specific
- 03 adjust engineering designs skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held conduct fire tests skill
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire protection engineering knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held operate fire extinguishers skill
- already held act as contact person during equipment incident skill
- already held advise architects skill
- already held advise on safety improvements skill
- already held conduct fire safety inspections skill
- already held determine fire risks skill
- already held develop material testing procedures skill
- already held educate public on fire safety skill
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held test safety strategies skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held install firestops optional
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
- optional, not held organise fire station optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install firestops optional
- optional, not held organise fire station optional
- optional, not held teach fire fighting principles optional
- optional, not held contain fires optional
- optional, not held prevent fires on board optional
- optional, not held properties of textile materials optional
- optional, not held advise on construction materials optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held thermodynamics optional
- optional, not held use different types of fire extinguishers optional
14 held skills the fire prevention and protection engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role electricity 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 maintain test equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role organise fire drills skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role pyrotechnic articles legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality assurance procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role report test findings skill
- not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
12 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 engineering processes required
- required, not held engineering principles required
- required, not held environmental legislation required
- required, not held safety engineering required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- optional, not held properties of textile materials optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held thermodynamics optional
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.