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

health and safety engineertofire safety tester

A health and safety engineer already meets 50% of what the fire safety tester role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From health and safety engineer
50%
Overlap1
To fire safety tester
15 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
48.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

50%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.2/ 100

1 Share of the fire safety tester 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

Why this move works

A fire safety tester role treats 7 of its required skills as things a health and safety engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • conduct fire tests
  • develop material testing procedures
  • fire prevention procedures
  • fire safety regulations
  • fire-fighting systems
  • health and safety regulations

What stands in the way is 7 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fire safety tester 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 develop material testing procedures information skills
  • already held advise architects communication, collaboration and creativity

All 15 carried skills, including the 7 the fire safety tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 8 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held operate fire extinguishers required
  • required, not held wear appropriate protective gear required
  • optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
  • optional, not held act as contact person during equipment incident optional
  • optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held record test data required
  • required, not held report test findings required
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
03 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain test equipment required
  • optional, not held inspect fire equipment optional
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held organise fire drills required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held use testing equipment required
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a fire safety tester 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct fire tests skill
  • already held develop material testing procedures skill
  • already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
  • already held fire safety regulations knowledge
  • already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
  • already held health and safety regulations knowledge
  • already held perform laboratory tests 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 fire protection engineering knowledge
  • already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
  • already held test safety strategies skill
  • already held write inspection reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held electricity optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
  • optional, not held act as contact person during equipment incident optional
  • optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held inspect fire equipment optional
  • optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
  • optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
47 held skills the fire safety tester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 on construction materials 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 assessment of risks and threats knowledge
  • 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 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 draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role draw up risk assessment skill
  • not needed by the target role educate employees on occupational hazards 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 follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
  • not needed by the target role follow up on safety breaches skill
  • not needed by the target role human factors regarding safety 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 employee's health 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 scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent health and safety problems skill
  • not needed by the target role properties of textile materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge

7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held pyrotechnic articles legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from health and safety engineer

Full index of moves from health and safety engineer

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.