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

probation officertocoroner

A probation officer already meets 27% of what the coroner role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From probation officer
27%
Overlap1
To coroner
6 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
64.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.8/ 100

1 Share of the coroner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the probation 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 coroner role treats 3 of its required skills as things a probation officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • compile legal documents
  • document evidence
  • provide testimony in court hearings

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide testimony in court hearings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held document evidence information skills
  • already held advise on legal decisions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse legal evidence information skills
  • already held compile legal documents information skills
  • already held court procedures business, administration and law

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the coroner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 6 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 information skills 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held determine cause of death required
  • required, not held carry out an autopsy required
  • required, not held perform forensic examinations required
  • optional, not held apply scientific methods optional
  • optional, not held conduct health related research optional
  • optional, not held examine crime scenes optional
  • optional, not held keep up to date with diagnostic innovations optional
  • optional, not held perform toxicological studies optional
02 health and welfare 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • optional, not held diagnostic methods in medical laboratory optional
  • optional, not held evidence-based approach in general practice optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
  • optional, not held follow clinical guidelines optional
04 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held maintain work area cleanliness required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist police investigations optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
06 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held crime scene preservation optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a coroner 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held document evidence skill
  • already held provide testimony in court hearings skill
  • already held advise on legal decisions skill
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held court procedures knowledge
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held crime scene preservation optional
  • optional, not held diagnostic methods in medical laboratory optional
  • optional, not held evidence-based approach in general practice optional
  • optional, not held apply scientific methods optional
  • optional, not held assist police investigations optional
  • optional, not held conduct health related research optional
  • optional, not held examine crime scenes optional
  • optional, not held follow clinical guidelines optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held keep up to date with diagnostic innovations optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held perform toxicological studies optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
23 held skills the coroner role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role assess offenders' risk behaviour 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 documentation in accordance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role enable access to services skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure sentence execution skill
  • not needed by the target role forensic psychiatry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify available services skill
  • not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role mentor individuals skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee rehabilitation process skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role present evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role provide social counselling skill
  • not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role reinforce positive behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role write situation reports 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 human anatomy required
  • optional, not held crime scene preservation optional
  • optional, not held diagnostic methods in medical laboratory optional
  • optional, not held evidence-based approach in general practice optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from probation officer

Full index of moves from probation 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.