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

police officertoinfantry soldier

A police officer already meets 43% of what the infantry soldier role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From police officer
43%
Overlap1
To infantry soldier
14 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
53.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.7/ 100

1 Share of the infantry soldier 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 infantry soldier role treats 5 of its required skills as things a police officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure compliance with types of weapons
  • ensure public safety and security
  • execute working instructions
  • identify security threats
  • use different communication channels

What stands in the way is 7 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 infantry soldier 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 control crowd assisting and caring
  • already held detain offenders assisting and caring
  • already held restrain individuals assisting and caring
  • already held legal use-of-force business, administration and law
  • already held patrol areas assisting and caring
  • already held practice vigilance assisting and caring

All 14 carried skills, including the 5 the infantry soldier role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 assisting and caring 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
  • required, not held perform military operations required
  • required, not held provide humanitarian aid required
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
02 services 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held military combat techniques required
  • required, not held military drill required
  • optional, not held military code optional
  • optional, not held military weaponry optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held camouflage required
  • required, not held surveillance methods required
04 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
  • optional, not held read maps optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
05 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
  • optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a infantry soldier 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 ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held execute working instructions skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held control crowd skill
  • already held detain offenders skill
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held legal use-of-force knowledge
  • already held patrol areas skill
  • already held practice vigilance skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
  • already held restrain individuals skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held first aid optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
  • optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
  • optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held military code optional
  • optional, not held military weaponry optional
  • optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
  • optional, not held read maps optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
41 held skills the infantry soldier 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 apply knowledge of human behaviour 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 check official documents 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 conduct frisk 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 law application skill
  • not needed by the target role examine crime scenes 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 illegal substances knowledge
  • not needed by the target role instruct public 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 investigation research methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue fines skill
  • 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 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 present evidence 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 ride horses skill
  • not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
  • not needed by the target role safe horseback riding principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train animals for professional purposes skill

1 further entry not listed here

7 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 camouflage required
  • required, not held military combat techniques required
  • required, not held military drill required
  • required, not held surveillance methods required
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held military code optional
  • optional, not held military weaponry optional
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.