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

correctional services managertopolice commissioner

A correctional services manager already meets 64% of what the police commissioner role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From correctional services manager
64%
Overlap1
To police commissioner
18 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
37.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 37.9

This move: 37.9 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the police commissioner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the correctional services 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A police commissioner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a correctional services manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage security clearance management skills
  • already held coordinate patrols management skills
  • already held criminology social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held ensure information security assisting and caring
  • already held ensure law application assisting and caring
  • already held criminal law business, administration and law

All 18 carried skills, including the 13 the police commissioner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 6 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 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held form operational strategies for law enforcement required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
  • optional, not held apply first response optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop investigation strategy required
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held lead police investigations optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with policies required
04 services 1 required
  • required, not held investigation research methods required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held handle case evidence optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
06 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held first response optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a police commissioner 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on risk management skill
  • already held criminology knowledge
  • already held ensure information security skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held evaluate employees skill
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage security clearance skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held set organisational policies skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
  • already held conduct public presentations skill
  • already held coordinate patrols skill
  • already held criminal law knowledge
  • already held recruit employees skill
  • already held train employees skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held first response optional
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held lead police investigations optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
  • optional, not held apply first response optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held handle case evidence optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
11 held skills the police commissioner role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to the formulation of correctional procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role correctional procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
  • not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain logbooks skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise correctional procedures skill
2 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 investigation research methods required
  • optional, not held first response optional
Index
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.