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

police officertoimmigration officer

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

From police officer
47%
Overlap1
To immigration officer
12 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
47.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.4/ 100

1 Share of the immigration officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the police 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 immigration officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a police officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • check official documents
  • ensure law application
  • identify security threats
  • respond to enquiries

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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A immigration officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a police officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held conduct frisk assisting and caring
  • already held instruct public communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held illegal substances services
  • already held detain offenders assisting and caring
  • already held investigation research methods services
  • already held present evidence communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the immigration officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply immigration law required
  • required, not held check travel documentation required
  • required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct research interview required
  • required, not held provide immigration advice required
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held immigration law required
04 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a immigration 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held check official documents skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held conduct frisk skill
  • already held detain offenders skill
  • already held illegal substances knowledge
  • already held instruct public skill
  • already held investigation research methods knowledge
  • already held present evidence skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
43 held skills the immigration officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse road traffic patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role anticipate foreseeable problems on the road skill
  • not needed by the target role apply first response skill
  • not needed by the target role assess railway operations skill
  • not needed by the target role check diving equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with the principles of self-defence skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct drug abuse tests skill
  • not needed by the target role control crowd skill
  • not needed by the target role diving operation requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate public on road safety skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role examine crime scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role first response knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle case evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role hear witness accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate forgery cases skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate road accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role issue fines skill
  • not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain diving equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain order at scenes of accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage theft prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
  • not needed by the target role perform drug investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform underwater investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role physical characteristics of railways knowledge
  • not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
  • not needed by the target role provide care for horses skill
  • not needed by the target role railway law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role regulate traffic skill
  • not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
  • not needed by the target role ride horses skill
  • not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
  • not needed by the target role safe horseback riding principles knowledge

3 further entries not listed here

1 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 immigration law required
Index

Other moves recorded from police officer

Full index of moves from police 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.