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

intelligence officertocriminal investigator

A intelligence officer already meets 33% of what the criminal investigator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From intelligence officer
33%
Overlap1
To criminal investigator
8 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
61.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.8/ 100

1 Share of the criminal investigator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the intelligence 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 criminal investigator role treats 3 of its required skills as things a intelligence officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • document evidence
  • examine crime scenes
  • handle case evidence

What stands in the way is 5 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 criminal investigator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a intelligence officer 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 3 the criminal investigator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 services 2 required
  • required, not held crime scene preservation required
  • required, not held forensic intelligence required
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held restrict access to crime scene required
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held photograph crime scenes required
  • optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
05 information skills 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse blood patterns optional
  • optional, not held detect finger prints optional
  • optional, not held evaluate forensic data optional
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
  • optional, not held assess contamination optional
  • optional, not held perform forensic examinations optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held criminal law optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a criminal investigator 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 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 undertake inspections skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held clean crime scenes optional
08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held criminology optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse blood patterns optional
  • optional, not held clean crime scenes optional
  • optional, not held detect finger prints optional
  • optional, not held evaluate forensic data optional
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
  • optional, not held assess contamination optional
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held criminology optional
  • optional, not held perform forensic examinations optional
  • optional, not held perform laboratory tests optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
21 held skills the criminal investigator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct threat intelligence skill
  • not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop investigation strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure adherence to the constitution skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information security skill
  • not needed by the target role handle surveillance equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role hear witness accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
  • not needed by the target role international security studies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
  • not needed by the target role operational research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform covert investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role surveillance methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write situation reports skill
4 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 crime scene preservation required
  • required, not held forensic intelligence required
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held criminology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from intelligence officer

Full index of moves from intelligence 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.