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

intelligence officertopolice commissioner

A intelligence officer already meets 34% of what the police commissioner role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From intelligence officer
34%
Overlap1
To police commissioner
9 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
64.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.7/ 100

1 Share of the police commissioner 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 police commissioner role treats 7 of its required skills as things a intelligence officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • develop investigation strategy
  • ensure compliance with policies
  • ensure information security
  • investigation research methods
  • law enforcement
  • maintain operational communications

What stands in the way is 11 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 9 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 intelligence officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop investigation strategy information skills
  • already held handle case evidence communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held investigation research methods services
  • already held ensure information security assisting and caring
  • already held ensure compliance with policies management skills
  • already held law enforcement services

All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the police commissioner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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 management skills 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage security clearance required
  • required, not held evaluate employees required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held set organisational policies required
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held form operational strategies for law enforcement required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
  • required, not held ensure law application required
  • optional, not held apply first response optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
04 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on risk management required
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held lead police investigations optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held criminology required
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held criminal law optional

1 further area in the appendix

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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop investigation strategy skill
  • already held ensure compliance with policies skill
  • already held ensure information security skill
  • already held investigation research methods knowledge
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held handle case evidence skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held first response optional
12 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 public presentations optional
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
20 held skills the police commissioner 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 threat intelligence skill
  • not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role document evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure adherence to the constitution skill
  • not needed by the target role examine crime scenes 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 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 present evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role surveillance methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role write situation 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
  • required, not held criminology required
  • optional, not held first response optional
  • optional, not held criminal law 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.