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

police detectivetopolice officer

A police detective already meets 47% of what the police officer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From police detective
47%
Overlap1
To police officer
22 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
57.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.3/ 100

1 Share of the police 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

Why this move works

A police officer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a police detective already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply first response
  • detain offenders
  • ensure compliance with types of weapons
  • ensure law application
  • first response
  • handle case evidence

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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A police 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held investigate forgery cases information skills
  • already held perform drug investigations information skills
  • already held examine crime scenes information skills
  • already held first response health and welfare
  • already held control crowd assisting and caring
  • already held hear witness accounts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 22 carried skills, including the 9 the police officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 9 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 3 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
  • required, not held comply with the principles of self-defence required
  • required, not held patrol areas required
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
  • optional, not held issue fines optional
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
  • optional, not held manage major incidents optional
  • optional, not held manage theft prevention optional
  • optional, not held regulate traffic optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held instruct public required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • optional, not held educate public on road safety optional
  • optional, not held execute working instructions optional
  • optional, not held ride horses optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held road traffic laws required
  • optional, not held railway law optional
04 information skills 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
  • optional, not held assess railway operations optional
  • optional, not held conduct drug abuse tests optional
  • optional, not held investigate road accidents optional
  • optional, not held perform underwater investigations optional
05 services 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held diving operation requirements optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
06 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held check diving equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a police 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply first response skill
  • already held detain offenders skill
  • already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held first response knowledge
  • already held handle case evidence skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held legal use-of-force knowledge
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held control crowd skill
  • already held examine crime scenes skill
  • already held hear witness accounts skill
  • already held investigate forgery cases skill
  • already held investigation research methods knowledge
  • already held perform drug investigations skill
  • already held practice vigilance skill
  • already held present evidence skill
  • already held restrain individuals skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
  • already held write situation reports skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide care for horses optional
  • optional, not held train animals for professional purposes optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held physical characteristics of railways optional
09 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held anticipate foreseeable problems on the road optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
  • optional, not held anticipate foreseeable problems on the road optional
  • optional, not held assess railway operations optional
  • optional, not held check diving equipment optional
  • optional, not held conduct drug abuse tests optional
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
  • optional, not held investigate road accidents optional
  • optional, not held issue fines optional
  • optional, not held physical characteristics of railways optional
  • optional, not held provide care for horses optional
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held train animals for professional purposes optional
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held diving operation requirements optional
  • optional, not held educate public on road safety optional
  • optional, not held execute working instructions optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
  • optional, not held manage major incidents optional
  • optional, not held manage theft prevention optional
  • optional, not held perform underwater investigations optional
  • optional, not held railway law optional
  • optional, not held regulate traffic optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
  • optional, not held ride horses optional
11 held skills the police officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
  • not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop investigation strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information security skill
  • not needed by the target role form operational strategies for law enforcement 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 maintain operational communications skill
6 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 road traffic laws required
  • optional, not held physical characteristics of railways optional
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held diving operation requirements optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held railway law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from police detective

Full index of moves from police detective

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.