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

industrial waste inspectortohazardous materials inspector

A industrial waste inspector already meets 33% of what the hazardous materials inspector role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From industrial waste inspector
33%
Overlap1
To hazardous materials inspector
9 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
68.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.4/ 100

1 Share of the hazardous materials inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the industrial waste 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

Why this move works

A hazardous materials inspector role treats 8 of its required skills as things a industrial waste inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on waste management procedures
  • develop hazardous waste management strategies
  • ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations
  • hazardous waste storage
  • hazardous waste treatment
  • hazardous waste types

What stands in the way is 10 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hazardous materials inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a industrial waste inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations information skills
  • already held develop hazardous waste management strategies management skills
  • already held hazardous waste treatment services
  • already held hazardous waste types services
  • already held issue licences assisting and caring
  • already held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations assisting and caring

All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the hazardous materials inspector role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 9 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure appropriate packaging of dangerous goods required
  • required, not held revise certifications for dangerous good transportation required
  • required, not held implement environmental protection measures required
  • optional, not held carry out environmental audits optional
  • optional, not held select hazard control optional
  • optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
02 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure material compliance required
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
  • optional, not held inspect hazardous freight in accordance with regulations optional
  • optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
  • optional, not held test safety strategies optional
03 services 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held hazardous materials transportation required
  • required, not held waste and scrap products required
  • optional, not held hazardous freight regulations optional
  • optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on chemical use reduction required
  • optional, not held educate on hazardous waste optional
  • optional, not held educate on recycling regulations optional
  • optional, not held train staff on waste management optional
  • optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held educate on emergency management optional
  • optional, not held train staff on recycling programs optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held pollution prevention required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held radioactive contamination required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hazardous materials inspector 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on waste management procedures skill
  • already held develop hazardous waste management strategies skill
  • already held ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
  • already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
  • already held hazardous waste treatment knowledge
  • already held hazardous waste types knowledge
  • already held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations skill
  • already held waste management knowledge
  • already held issue licences skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals optional
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held waste transport legislation optional
08 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop contingency plans for emergencies optional
  • optional, not held develop recycling programs optional
09 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held radiation protection optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop contingency plans for emergencies optional
  • optional, not held develop recycling programs optional
  • optional, not held educate on hazardous waste optional
  • optional, not held educate on recycling regulations optional
  • optional, not held hazardous freight regulations optional
  • optional, not held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals optional
  • optional, not held inspect hazardous freight in accordance with regulations optional
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held train staff on waste management optional
  • optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held carry out environmental audits optional
  • optional, not held educate on emergency management optional
  • optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
  • optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
  • optional, not held radiation protection optional
  • optional, not held select hazard control optional
  • optional, not held test safety strategies optional
  • optional, not held train staff on recycling programs optional
  • optional, not held waste transport legislation optional
  • optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
24 held skills the hazardous materials inspector role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with external laboratories skill
  • not needed by the target role develop environmental remediation strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop non-hazardous waste management strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect sewers skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect waste disposal facilities skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate complaints about improper waste handling skill
  • not needed by the target role issue penalties to violators of the sanitation code skill
  • not needed by the target role label samples skill
  • not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role measure water quality parameters skill
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
  • not needed by the target role provide advice on breaches of regulation skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role record test data skill
  • not needed by the target role review waste-treatment facilities construction plans skill
  • not needed by the target role test samples for pollutants skill
  • not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
10 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
  • required, not held hazardous materials transportation required
  • required, not held radioactive contamination required
  • required, not held waste and scrap products required
  • required, not held pollution prevention required
  • optional, not held hazardous freight regulations optional
  • optional, not held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals optional
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
  • optional, not held radiation protection optional
  • optional, not held waste transport legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from industrial waste inspector

Full index of moves from industrial waste inspector

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.