occupational health and safety inspectortohealth and safety officer
A occupational health and safety inspector already meets 51% of what the health and safety officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
51%
49.7/ 100
1 Share of the health and safety officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the occupational 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 health and safety officer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a occupational health and safety inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on risk management
- communicate health and safety measures
- draw up risk assessment
- educate employees on occupational hazards
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
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 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A health and safety officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a occupational health and safety inspector background worth leading with.
- already held make health, safety and environment assessments information skills
- already held draw up risk assessment information skills
- already held educate employees on occupational hazards communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held communicate health and safety measures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor employee's health information skills
- already held identify policy breach management skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the health and safety officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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.
- required, not held advise on conflict management required
- required, not held present reports required
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held educate on emergency management optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held liaise with managers optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- required, not held follow standards for machinery safety required
- optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
- required, not held quality standards required
- optional, not held project management optional
- required, not held technical drawings required
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- required, not held assessment of risks and threats required
- required, not held personal protective equipment required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a health and safety officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 follow standards for machinery safety skill · sector specific
- 02 advise on conflict management skill · cross sector
- 03 assessment of risks and threats 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held advise on risk management skill
- already held communicate health and safety measures skill
- already held draw up risk assessment skill
- already held educate employees on occupational hazards skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- already held monitor employee's health skill
- already held monitor legislation developments skill
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held conduct research interview skill
- already held conduct workplace audits skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held identify policy breach skill
- already held issue licences skill
- already held make health, safety and environment assessments skill
- already held occupational health knowledge
- already held provide improvement strategies skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
- optional, not held advise on environmental risk management systems optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform health assessment autonomously optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held advise on environmental risk management systems optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held educate on emergency management optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held liaise with managers optional
- optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
43 held skills the health and safety officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act with a high level of safety awareness skill
- not needed by the target role adhere to OHSAS 18001 skill
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role apply safety management skill
- not needed by the target role assess ergonomics of the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role assist employee health programmes skill
- not needed by the target role balance the project requirements with health and safety concerns skill
- not needed by the target role cleaning industry health and safety measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure annual safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety in manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of staff skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety in hospitality establishment skill
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow health and safety procedures in construction skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety precautions in work practices skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role follow up on safety breaches skill
- not needed by the target role foster compliance with health and safety rules by setting an example skill
- not needed by the target role framework for a safety management system knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify hazards in the workplace skill
- not needed by the target role incidents and accidents recording knowledge
- not needed by the target role inform on workplace safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role instruct on safety measures skill
- not needed by the target role interview techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role investigate occupational injuries skill
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare audit activities skill
- not needed by the target role prevent health and safety problems skill
- not needed by the target role prevent work accidents skill
- not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role promote health and safety policies in health services skill
- not needed by the target role provide on-board safety training skill
3 further entries not listed here
6 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 assessment of risks and threats required
- required, not held personal protective equipment required
- required, not held quality standards required
- required, not held technical drawings required
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
Other moves recorded from occupational health and safety inspector
- aftersales service manager 45% covered · moderate
- health safety and environmental manager 36% covered · substantial
- healthcare inspector 34% covered · substantial
- construction safety manager 34% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from occupational health and safety inspector
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.