Career switch, measured
From Environmental Scientist to Safety Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 69% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include OSHA, Workplace safety, Auditing, Microsoft Office; the main skills to add are Leadership, Mechanical engineering, Recruiting, Computer vision.
69%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillEnvironmental ScientistSafety Engineer
- OSHA50%45%
- Workplace safety38%71%
- Auditing37%48%
- Microsoft Office46%35%
- Manufacturing32%31%
- Regulatory compliance37%60%
- Excel41%28%
- Risk management17%45%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Safety Engineer postings, rarely in Environmental Scientist ones.
SkillEnvironmental ScientistSafety Engineer
- Leadership30%61%
- Mechanical engineering–19%
- Recruiting–13%
- Computer vision–12%
- Root cause analysis5%11%
- ISO standards–9%
- Electrical engineering–8%
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