firefightertofirefighter instructor
A firefighter already meets 57% of what the firefighter instructor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
47.1/ 100
1 Share of the firefighter instructor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the firefighter 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 firefighter instructor role treats 10 of its required skills as things a firefighter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- evacuate people from buildings
- extinguish fires
- fire prevention procedures
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- hydraulics
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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A firefighter instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a firefighter background worth leading with.
- already held evacuate people from buildings assisting and caring
- already held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles constructing
- already held implement fire safety management plans management skills
- already held climb trees handling and moving
- already held manage emergency care situations management skills
- already held maintain safety systems assisting and caring
All 24 carried skills, including the 10 the firefighter instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 5 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 teach fire fighting principles required
- required, not held apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- required, not held educate on emergency management required
- required, not held ensure student welfare required
- required, not held provide advice on breaches of regulation required
- optional, not held safely instruct about fitness optional
- optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
- optional, not held coordinate with other emergency services optional
- optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
- required, not held assess students required
- required, not held perform classroom management required
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- required, not held guarantee students' safety required
- required, not held test safety strategies required
- optional, not held adult education optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a firefighter instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 teach fire fighting principles skill · occupation specific
- 02 apply intercultural teaching strategies skill · cross sector
- 03 assess students 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 24 skills that carry over
- already held evacuate people from buildings skill
- already held extinguish fires skill
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held implement fire safety management plans skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment skill
- already held climb trees skill
- already held educate public on fire safety skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held environmental policy knowledge
- already held maintain safety systems skill
- already held manage emergency care situations skill
- already held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held perform search and rescue missions skill
- already held pollution legislation knowledge
- already held pyrotechnic articles legislation knowledge
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held safely instruct about fitness optional
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held assist students in their learning optional
- optional, not held coordinate with other emergency services optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
44 held skills the firefighter instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply first response skill
- not needed by the target role assess contamination skill
- not needed by the target role assess impact of industrial activities skill
- not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
- not needed by the target role assist community skill
- not needed by the target role assist people in contaminated areas skill
- not needed by the target role avoid contamination skill
- not needed by the target role contain fires skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
- not needed by the target role dock operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role drive firetruck under emergency conditions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure vessel security skill
- not needed by the target role evacuate people from heights skill
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle flammable substances skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect industrial equipment skill
- not needed by the target role install vessel's safety equipment skill
- not needed by the target role investigate maritime accidents skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with industrial professionals skill
- not needed by the target role maintain logbooks skill
- not needed by the target role manage factory operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of vessels knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor chemical process condition skill
- not needed by the target role monitor disposal of radioactive substances skill
- not needed by the target role navy operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate emergency equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate emergency vehicle skill
- not needed by the target role operate marine communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate marine machinery systems skill
- not needed by the target role organise fire drills skill
- not needed by the target role perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- not needed by the target role prevent marine pollution skill
- not needed by the target role regulations on substances knowledge
- not needed by the target role rescue in road accidents skill
- not needed by the target role select hazard control skill
- not needed by the target role types of maritime vessels knowledge
4 further entries not listed here
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held adult education optional
Other moves recorded from firefighter
- fire service vehicle operator 81% covered · adjacent
- pump operator 68% covered · moderate
- chief fire officer 67% covered · moderate
- fire protection technician 55% covered · moderate
- fire inspector 49% covered · moderate
- fire commissioner 37% covered · substantial
- fire safety tester 33% covered · substantial
- emergency response worker 21% covered · substantial
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.