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

immigration officertoairport security officer

A immigration officer already meets 35% of what the airport security officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From immigration officer
35%
Overlap1
To airport security officer
13 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
67.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.1/ 100

1 Share of the airport security officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the immigration officer 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 airport security officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a immigration officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • check official documents
  • check travel documentation
  • conduct frisk
  • identify security threats
  • illegal substances
  • respond to enquiries

What stands in the way is 10 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport security officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a immigration officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held check travel documentation assisting and caring
  • already held conduct frisk assisting and caring
  • already held illegal substances services
  • already held detain offenders assisting and caring
  • already held investigation research methods services
  • already held ensure law application assisting and caring

All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the airport security officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 8 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 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held apply airport standards and regulations required
  • required, not held conduct airport security screening required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with airport security measures required
  • required, not held perform body searches required
  • required, not held perform security checks required
  • optional, not held apply self-defence optional
  • optional, not held check implementation security plan optional
  • optional, not held carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency optional
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
02 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct airport safety inspections required
  • required, not held report airport security incidents required
  • required, not held identify airport safety hazards required
  • optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
  • optional, not held inspect cargo optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held airport safety regulations required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held use X-ray machines required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held update procedure instructions optional
  • optional, not held execute working instructions optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a airport security 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held check official documents skill
  • already held check travel documentation skill
  • already held conduct frisk skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held illegal substances knowledge
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held detain offenders skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held investigation research methods knowledge
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage technical security systems optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply self-defence optional
  • optional, not held check implementation security plan optional
  • optional, not held manage technical security systems optional
  • optional, not held update procedure instructions optional
  • optional, not held carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency optional
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
  • optional, not held execute working instructions optional
  • optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
  • optional, not held inspect cargo optional
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
10 held skills the airport security officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply immigration law skill
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role guide people to holding areas skill
  • not needed by the target role handle surveillance equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role immigration law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role instruct public skill
  • not needed by the target role present evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role provide immigration advice skill
  • not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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 airport safety regulations required
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
Index

Other moves recorded from immigration officer

Full index of moves from immigration officer

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.