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

intelligence officertopolice inspector

A intelligence officer already meets 45% of what the police inspector role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From intelligence officer
45%
Overlap1
To police inspector
14 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
52.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.2/ 100

1 Share of the police inspector 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 inspector role treats 6 of its required skills as things a intelligence officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • develop investigation strategy
  • examine crime scenes
  • handle case evidence
  • hear witness accounts
  • investigation research methods
  • law enforcement

What stands in the way is 6 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A police inspector 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 examine crime scenes information skills
  • already held hear witness accounts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held handle case evidence communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held investigation research methods services
  • already held present evidence communication, collaboration and creativity

All 14 carried skills, including the 6 the police inspector role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held form operational strategies for law enforcement required
  • required, not held ensure law application required
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held practice vigilance optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse legal evidence required
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held lead police investigations optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held legal use-of-force required
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held criminology required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a police inspector 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop investigation strategy skill
  • already held examine crime scenes skill
  • already held handle case evidence skill
  • already held hear witness accounts skill
  • already held investigation research methods knowledge
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held ensure information security skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held present evidence skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
  • already held write situation reports skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held lead police investigations optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held practice vigilance optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
15 held skills the police inspector role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies 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 ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role handle surveillance equipment 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 promote human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role surveillance methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels 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
  • required, not held legal use-of-force required
  • 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.