health and safety engineertoconstruction safety inspector
A health and safety engineer already meets 35% of what the construction safety inspector role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
35%
59.9/ 100
1 Share of the construction safety inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the health and safety engineer 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 construction safety inspector role treats 4 of its required skills as things a health and safety engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on safety improvements
- human factors regarding safety
- monitor employee's health
- undertake inspections
What stands in the way is 8 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A construction safety inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a health and safety engineer background worth leading with.
- already held human factors regarding safety services
- already held follow up on safety breaches assisting and caring
- already held determine fire risks information skills
- already held educate employees on occupational hazards communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor employee's health information skills
- already held assessment of risks and threats information and communication technologies (icts)
All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the construction safety inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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 test construction material samples required
- required, not held inspect construction supplies required
- required, not held monitor construction site required
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held report on possible equipment hazards optional
- required, not held identify preventive actions required
- required, not held identify process improvements required
- required, not held follow health and safety procedures in construction required
- optional, not held prevent work accidents optional
- optional, not held assist with emergencies optional
- optional, not held handle incidents optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held communicate health and safety measures optional
- required, not held construction methods required
- optional, not held building materials industry optional
- optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a construction safety inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 identify preventive actions skill · sector specific
- 02 identify process improvements skill · sector specific
- 03 test construction material samples 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held advise on safety improvements skill
- already held human factors regarding safety knowledge
- already held monitor employee's health skill
- already held undertake inspections skill
- already held advise on construction materials skill
- already held assessment of risks and threats knowledge
- already held determine fire risks skill
- already held educate employees on occupational hazards skill
- already held follow up on safety breaches skill
- already held test safety strategies skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held communicate health and safety measures optional
- optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
- optional, not held prevent work accidents optional
- optional, not held assist with emergencies optional
- optional, not held building materials industry optional
- optional, not held handle incidents optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held report on possible equipment hazards optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
52 held skills the construction safety inspector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
- not needed by the target role adhere to OHSAS 18001 skill
- not needed by the target role adhere to health well-being and safety skill
- not needed by the target role adhere to standards of national and international safety programmes skill
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role advise architects skill
- not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
- not needed by the target role assess ergonomics of the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct fire safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role conduct fire tests skill
- not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role design safety equipment skill
- not needed by the target role design strategies for nuclear emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role develop material testing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role draw up risk assessment skill
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role ergonomics knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate industrial hygiene skill
- not needed by the target role fire prevention procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role fire protection engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role fire safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role fire-fighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role install safety devices skill
- not needed by the target role instruct employees on radiation protection skill
- not needed by the target role investigate occupational injuries skill
- not needed by the target role monitor work site skill
- not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
12 further entries not listed here
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 construction methods required
- optional, not held building materials industry 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.