police detectivetointelligence officer
A police detective already meets 45% of what the intelligence officer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
51.8/ 100
1 Share of the intelligence officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the police detective 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 this move works
A intelligence officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a police detective already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- conduct research interview
- develop investigation strategy
- ensure information security
- investigation research methods
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 · What you already bring
Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A intelligence officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a police detective background worth leading with.
- 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 13 carried skills, including the 5 the intelligence officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 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.
- required, not held document evidence required
- required, not held maintain professional records required
- required, not held undertake inspections required
- optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
- required, not held operational research required
- optional, not held constitutional law optional
- required, not held surveillance methods required
- required, not held conduct threat intelligence required
- optional, not held ensure adherence to the constitution optional
- optional, not held apply information security policies optional
- optional, not held check official documents optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held promote human rights optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a intelligence officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conduct threat intelligence skill · sector specific
- 02 document evidence skill · cross sector
- 03 maintain professional records skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- already held conduct research interview skill
- already held develop investigation strategy skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held investigation research methods knowledge
- already held examine crime scenes skill
- already held handle case evidence skill
- already held hear witness accounts skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held law enforcement knowledge
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held present evidence skill
- already held write situation reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
- optional, not held international security studies optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure adherence to the constitution optional
- optional, not held international security studies optional
- optional, not held apply information security policies optional
- optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
- optional, not held check official documents optional
- optional, not held constitutional law optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held promote human rights optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
20 held skills the intelligence officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
- not needed by the target role apply first response skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role control crowd skill
- not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
- not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
- not needed by the target role first response knowledge
- not needed by the target role form operational strategies for law enforcement skill
- not needed by the target role investigate forgery cases skill
- not needed by the target role lead police investigations skill
- not needed by the target role legal requirements related to ammunition knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform drug investigations skill
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment 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.
- required, not held operational research required
- required, not held surveillance methods required
- optional, not held international security studies optional
- optional, not held constitutional law optional
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.