Occupation Atlasindustrial quality manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fdb16700-109e-4d02-949e-3213f278df93
industrial quality manager
Industrial quality managers monitor and control information assets by detailing processes and procedures to ensure compliance with industrial standards. They perform audits in industrial processes, advise on preventive and corrective actions, and ensure compliance with industrial standards.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.42
- E Enterprising5.09
- I Investigative4.12
- R Realistic3.58
- S Social2.07
- A Artistic1.28
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Quality Control Systems Managers (11-3051.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (29)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse test data
- audit techniques
- check quality of products on the production line
- check quality of raw materials
- conduct workplace audits
- correctional procedures
- create solutions to problems
- database quality standards
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- develop audit plan
- evaluate industrial hygiene
- follow standards for machinery safety
- identify preventive actions
- identify process improvements
- industrial design
- industrial engineering
- industrial software
- inspect industrial equipment
- internal auditing
- liaise with industrial professionals
- manage corrective actions
- monitor manufacturing quality standards
- oversee quality control
- perform quality audits
- provide technical expertise
- quality standards
- record production data for quality control
- revise quality control systems documentation
- support implementation of quality management systems
Optional (20)
- advise on manufacturing problems
- assess supplier risks
- attend to ICT systems quality
- communicate test results to other departments
- create manufacturing guidelines
- define quality standards
- develop manufacturing policies
- inspect material
- inspect quality of products
- lead inspections
- manage budgets
- manage manufacturing documentation
- management systems standards
- manufacturing processes
- perform pre-assembly quality checks
- perform project management
- provide technical documentation
- record test data
- total quality control
- use measurement instruments
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 29 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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5 shared · 22 more of its owndatabase quality standards, revise quality control systems documentation, define manufacturing quality criteria, monitor manufacturing quality standards
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