industrial firefightertofire service vehicle operator
A industrial firefighter already meets 61% of what the fire service vehicle operator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
61%
43.6/ 100
1 Share of the fire service vehicle operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the industrial 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 fire service vehicle operator role treats 15 of its required skills as things a industrial firefighter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure public safety and security
- extinguish fires
- fire prevention procedures
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- first aid
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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fire service vehicle operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a industrial firefighter background worth leading with.
- already held contain fires assisting and caring
- already held evacuate people from buildings assisting and caring
- already held manage emergency care situations management skills
- already held organise fire drills management skills
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers assisting and caring
All 18 carried skills, including the 15 the fire service vehicle operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 apply advanced driving techniques required
- required, not held drive firetruck under emergency conditions required
- required, not held operate specialised equipment in emergency required
- required, not held drive vehicles required
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- required, not held react calmly in stressful situations required
- optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
- required, not held operate emergency equipment required
- required, not held perform risk analysis required
- required, not held tolerate stress required
- optional, not held relay messages through radio and telephone systems optional
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fire service vehicle operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply advanced driving techniques skill · sector specific
- 02 drive firetruck under emergency conditions skill · sector specific
- 03 operate specialised equipment in emergency 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held ensure public safety and security 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 first aid knowledge
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held manage emergency care situations skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held perform search and rescue missions skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held select hazard control skill
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers skill
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment skill
- already held contain fires skill
- already held evacuate people from buildings skill
- already held organise fire drills skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain safety systems optional
- optional, not held relay messages through radio and telephone systems optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held educate public on fire safety optional
- optional, not held perform minor repairs to equipment optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
14 held skills the fire service vehicle operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
- not needed by the target role assist people in contaminated areas skill
- not needed by the target role handle flammable substances skill
- not needed by the target role implement fire safety management plans skill
- 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 liaise with industrial professionals skill
- not needed by the target role manage factory operations skill
- 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 regulations on substances knowledge
- not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role work with chemicals skill
Other moves recorded from industrial firefighter
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.