health and safety inspectortogovernment planning inspector
A health and safety inspector already meets 47% of what the government planning inspector role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the government planning inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the health and safety inspector 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 government planning inspector role treats 7 of its required skills as things a health and safety inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on government policy compliance
- audit techniques
- conduct workplace audits
- government policy implementation
- identify policy breach
- inspect government policy compliance
What stands in the way is 3 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 government planning inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a health and safety inspector background worth leading with.
- already held identify policy breach management skills
- already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
- already held conduct workplace audits information skills
- already held advise on conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held audit techniques business, administration and law
All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the government planning inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 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 follow up complaint reports required
- optional, not held show impartiality optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- required, not held monitor policy proposals required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held trade sector policies optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held energy sector policies optional
- optional, not held mining sector policies optional
- optional, not held tourism sector policies optional
- optional, not held transportation sector policies optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a government planning inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor policy proposals skill · sector specific
- 02 follow up complaint reports skill · cross sector
- 03 scientific research methodology knowledge · 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held advise on government policy compliance skill
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held conduct workplace audits skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held identify policy breach skill
- already held inspect government policy compliance skill
- already held write inspection reports skill
- already held advise on conflict management skill
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held present reports skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held communications sector policies optional
- optional, not held public administration optional
- optional, not held agricultural sector policies optional
- optional, not held ensure law application optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held agricultural sector policies optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held communications sector policies optional
- optional, not held energy sector policies optional
- optional, not held mining sector policies optional
- optional, not held public administration optional
- optional, not held show impartiality optional
- optional, not held tourism sector policies optional
- optional, not held trade sector policies optional
- optional, not held transportation sector policies optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held ensure law application optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
18 held skills the government planning inspector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on organisational culture skill
- not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role gather feedback from employees skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- not needed by the target role monitor company policy skill
- not needed by the target role monitor employee's health skill
- not needed by the target role monitor organisation climate skill
- not needed by the target role occupational health knowledge
- not needed by the target role personnel management knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role protect employee rights skill
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role set inclusion policies skill
11 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 scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held agricultural sector policies optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held communications sector policies optional
- optional, not held energy sector policies optional
- optional, not held mining sector policies optional
- optional, not held public administration optional
- optional, not held tourism sector policies optional
- optional, not held trade sector policies optional
- optional, not held transportation sector policies optional
- optional, not held project management principles 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.