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

criminal investigatortointelligence officer

A criminal investigator already meets 24% of what the intelligence officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From criminal investigator
24%
Overlap1
To intelligence officer
8 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
68.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.7/ 100

1 Share of the intelligence officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the criminal investigator 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 intelligence officer role treats 2 of its required skills as things a criminal investigator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • document evidence
  • undertake inspections

What stands in the way is 9 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 intelligence officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a criminal investigator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held examine crime scenes information skills
  • already held document evidence information skills
  • already held handle case evidence communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held present evidence communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held promote human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 2 the intelligence officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 9 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour required
  • required, not held conduct research interview required
  • optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop investigation strategy required
  • required, not held maintain professional records required
  • optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure information security required
  • optional, not held ensure adherence to the constitution optional
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operational research required
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
05 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held investigation research methods required
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held surveillance methods required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a intelligence officer 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 document evidence skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
  • already held examine crime scenes skill
  • already held handle case evidence skill
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held present evidence skill
  • already held promote human rights skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held conduct threat intelligence required
08 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
09 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held international security studies optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ensure adherence to the constitution optional
  • optional, not held international security studies optional
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
18 held skills the intelligence officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse blood patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role assess contamination skill
  • not needed by the target role clean crime scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role crime scene preservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role detect finger prints skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate forensic data skill
  • not needed by the target role forensic intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investigate forgery cases skill
  • not needed by the target role perform drug investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform forensic examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role photograph crime scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role restrict access to crime scene skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
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 investigation research methods required
  • required, not held operational research required
  • required, not held surveillance methods required
  • optional, not held international security studies optional
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
Index

Other moves recorded from criminal investigator

Full index of moves from criminal investigator

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.