police officertopolice trainer
A police officer already meets 68% of what the police trainer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
68%
34.4/ 100
1 Share of the police trainer 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 this move works
A police trainer role treats 12 of its required skills as things a police officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply first response
- comply with the principles of self-defence
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure law application
- handle case evidence
- identify security threats
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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A police trainer 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.
- already held perform underwater investigations information skills
- already held train animals for professional purposes handling and moving
- already held conduct drug abuse tests information skills
- already held diving operation requirements services
- already held instruct public communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held examine crime scenes information skills
All 25 carried skills, including the 12 the police trainer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 5 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 apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- required, not held assist students in their learning required
- required, not held ensure student welfare required
- required, not held teach law enforcement principles required
- optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
- required, not held assess students required
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held perform classroom management optional
- required, not held guarantee students' safety required
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held international security studies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a police trainer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply intercultural teaching strategies skill · cross sector
- 02 assess students skill · cross sector
- 03 assist students in their learning 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 25 skills that carry over
- already held apply first response skill
- already held comply with the principles of self-defence skill
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held ensure law application skill
- already held handle case evidence skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held instruct public skill
- already held law enforcement knowledge
- already held legal use-of-force knowledge
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held analyse legal evidence skill
- already held check official documents skill
- already held conduct drug abuse tests skill
- already held control crowd skill
- already held diving operation requirements knowledge
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held examine crime scenes skill
- already held illegal substances knowledge
- already held investigation research methods knowledge
- already held perform underwater investigations skill
- already held train animals for professional purposes skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held write situation reports skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held international security studies optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held adult education optional
- optional, not held perform classroom management optional
- optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
30 held skills the police trainer role does not ask for
- 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 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 comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct frisk skill
- not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
- not needed by the target role educate public on road safety 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 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 maintain diving equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain order at scenes of accidents 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 physical characteristics of railways knowledge
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- 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 respond to enquiries 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 safe horseback riding principles knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held international security studies optional
- optional, not held adult education optional
Other moves recorded from police officer
- police inspector 63% covered · moderate
- police detective 63% covered · moderate
- prison officer 58% covered · moderate
- juvenile correctional officer 54% covered · moderate
- civil enforcement officer 51% covered · moderate
- immigration officer 47% covered · moderate
- infantry soldier 43% covered · moderate
- court bailiff 42% covered · moderate
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.