health and safety officertoombudsman
A health and safety officer already meets 33% of what the ombudsman role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
33%
59.8/ 100
1 Share of the ombudsman role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the health and safety officer 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 ombudsman role treats 3 of its required skills as things a health and safety officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply conflict management
- employment law
- observe confidentiality
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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ombudsman role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a health and safety officer background worth leading with.
- already held educate employees on occupational hazards communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held communicate health and safety measures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify policy breach management skills
- already held advise on conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on risk management information skills
- already held observe confidentiality assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 3 the ombudsman role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 4 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 show impartiality required
- required, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held facilitate official agreement required
- required, not held manage contract disputes required
- required, not held show intercultural awareness required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held address problems critically optional
- optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- optional, not held protect employee rights optional
- required, not held respond to enquiries required
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- required, not held private law required
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a ombudsman role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 private law knowledge · sector specific
- 02 show impartiality skill · sector specific
- 03 apply knowledge of human behaviour 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held observe confidentiality skill
- already held advise on conflict management skill
- already held advise on risk management skill
- already held communicate health and safety measures skill
- already held educate employees on occupational hazards skill
- already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- already held identify policy breach skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held address problems critically optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- optional, not held protect employee rights optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
29 held skills the ombudsman role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on environmental risk management systems skill
- not needed by the target role assessment of risks and threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
- not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
- not needed by the target role draw up risk assessment skill
- not needed by the target role educate on emergency management skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow standards for machinery safety skill
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role issue licences skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role make health, safety and environment assessments skill
- not needed by the target role monitor employee's health skill
- not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
- not needed by the target role occupational health knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform health assessment autonomously skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role personal protective equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide improvement strategies skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role test safety strategies skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
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 private law required
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Other moves recorded from health and safety officer
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.