Table 1Transition record

crossing guardtostreet warden

A crossing guard already meets 28% of what the street warden role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From crossing guard

28%

Overlap1

To street warden

6 Skills carried over

4 Required, not held

61.7 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 61.7

This move: 61.7 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the street warden role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the crossing guard 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A street warden role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a crossing guard background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held assist emergency services communication, collaboration and creativity
already held instruct public communication, collaboration and creativity
already held regulate traffic assisting and caring
already held react calmly in stressful situations assisting and caring
already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
already held ensure public safety and security assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the street warden role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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 3 required, 9 supplementary

required, not held comply with legal regulations required
required, not held patrol areas required
required, not held respond to enquiries required

optional, not held issue fines optional
optional, not held apply first response optional
optional, not held check official documents optional
optional, not held comply with the principles of self-defence optional
optional, not held detain offenders optional
optional, not held ensure law application optional
optional, not held identify security threats optional
optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
optional, not held practice vigilance optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held use different communication channels required

optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
optional, not held execute working instructions optional
optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
optional, not held write work-related reports optional

03 information skills 2 supplementary

optional, not held conduct drug abuse tests optional
optional, not held perform risk analysis optional

04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held legal use-of-force optional

05 health and welfare 1 supplementary

optional, not held first response optional

06 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held law enforcement optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a street warden 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 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assist emergency services skill
already held ensure public safety and security skill
already held instruct public skill
already held react calmly in stressful situations skill
already held regulate traffic skill
already held road traffic laws knowledge

18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held conduct drug abuse tests optional
optional, not held first response optional
optional, not held issue fines optional
optional, not held apply first response optional
optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
optional, not held check official documents optional
optional, not held comply with the principles of self-defence optional
optional, not held detain offenders optional
optional, not held ensure law application optional
optional, not held execute working instructions optional
optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
optional, not held identify security threats optional
optional, not held law enforcement optional
optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
optional, not held practice vigilance optional
optional, not held write work-related reports optional

19 held skills the street warden role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role act as contact person during equipment incident skill
not needed by the target role deal with aggressive behaviour skill
not needed by the target role educate public on road safety skill
not needed by the target role escort pedestrians across streets skill
not needed by the target role inform drivers of detour routes skill
not needed by the target role interpret traffic signals skill
not needed by the target role local geography knowledge
not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
not needed by the target role monitor traffic flow skill
not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
not needed by the target role record license plates of violators skill
not needed by the target role report children unsafe behaviour skill
not needed by the target role stay alert skill
not needed by the target role stop speeding vehicles skill
not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
not needed by the target role traffic signs knowledge
not needed by the target role use signalling equipment skill
not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
not needed by the target role write signalling reports skill

3 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

optional, not held first response optional
optional, not held law enforcement optional
optional, not held legal use-of-force optional

Index

Other moves recorded from crossing guard

Full index of moves from crossing guard

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.