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

project managertoquality services manager

A project manager already meets 31% of what the quality services manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From project manager
31%
Overlap1
To quality services manager
8 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
67.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.1/ 100

1 Share of the quality services manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the project manager 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 quality services manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things a project manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • business processes
  • corporate social responsibility
  • follow company standards
  • liaise with managers
  • quality assurance methodologies
  • strive for company growth

What stands in the way is 11 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A quality services manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a project manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held business processes business, administration and law
  • already held strive for company growth management skills
  • already held quality assurance methodologies business, administration and law
  • already held follow company standards assisting and caring
  • already held corporate social responsibility business, administration and law
  • already held project management business, administration and law

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the quality services manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held define quality standards required
  • required, not held improve business processes required
  • required, not held perform quality audits required
  • optional, not held evaluate employees optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
02 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held oversee stock quality control required
  • required, not held analyse test data required
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held analyse business processes optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held perform pre-assembly quality checks optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held business knowledge required
  • required, not held quality standards required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held management systems standards optional
  • optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held train staff in quality procedures required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held communicate test results to other departments optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held database quality standards required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a quality services manager 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held business processes knowledge
  • already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • already held follow company standards skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held strive for company growth skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held project management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held management systems standards optional
  • optional, not held analyse business processes optional
  • optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
  • optional, not held communicate test results to other departments optional
  • optional, not held evaluate employees optional
  • optional, not held lead inspections optional
  • optional, not held perform pre-assembly quality checks optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
  • optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
60 held skills the quality services manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prince2 project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
  • not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
  • not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role customise project methodologies skill
  • not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
  • not needed by the target role develop business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role draft project documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role find a replacement for stage manager skill
  • not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain a central project repository skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project changes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project information skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage several projects skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role office administration knowledge

20 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held business knowledge required
  • required, not held database quality standards required
  • required, not held quality standards required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held management systems standards optional
  • optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
Index

Other moves recorded from project manager

Full index of moves from project manager

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.