security alarm investigatortosecurity consultant
A security alarm investigator already meets 25% of what the security consultant role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
25%
75.6/ 100
1 Share of the security consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the security alarm investigator 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 security consultant role treats 5 of its required skills as things a security alarm investigator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on strengthening security
- ensure public safety and security
- liaise with security authorities
- security threats
- surveillance methods
What stands in the way is 16 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A security consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a security alarm investigator background worth leading with.
- already held security in industrial buildings services
- already held advise on strengthening security communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held security in commercial buildings services
- already held security threats services
- already held liaise with security authorities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held criminal law business, administration and law
All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the security consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 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.
- required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held maintain customer service required
- required, not held use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held advise on security staff selection optional
- optional, not held provide emergency advice optional
- optional, not held train security officers optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held provide emergency training optional
- required, not held advice on security risk management required
- required, not held write security reports required
- required, not held assess risks of clients' assets required
- required, not held identify terrorism threats required
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- required, not held ensure law application required
- required, not held identify security threats required
- optional, not held coordinate security optional
- optional, not held maintain facility security systems optional
- optional, not held check official documents optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- required, not held consultation methods required
- required, not held security of assets legislation required
- optional, not held cryptocurrency optional
- optional, not held legal requirements related to ammunition optional
- required, not held assessment of risks and threats required
- optional, not held security panels optional
- required, not held security engineering required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a security consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 international security studies knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 advice on security risk management skill · sector specific
- 03 consultation methods knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held advise on strengthening security skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held liaise with security authorities skill
- already held security threats knowledge
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held criminal law knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held security in commercial buildings knowledge
- already held security in industrial buildings knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held international security studies required
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on security staff selection optional
- optional, not held coordinate security optional
- optional, not held cryptocurrency optional
- optional, not held legal requirements related to ammunition optional
- optional, not held maintain facility security systems optional
- optional, not held provide emergency advice optional
- optional, not held train security officers optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held check official documents optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held provide emergency training optional
- optional, not held security panels optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
16 held skills the security consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply safety management skill
- not needed by the target role assist police investigations skill
- not needed by the target role building's electronic access equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role deal with aggressive behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role locking mechanisms knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage alarm system skill
- not needed by the target role monitor surveillance equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role read technical datasheet skill
- not needed by the target role repair alarm system skill
- not needed by the target role respond to burglar alarm systems skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held international security studies required
- required, not held consultation methods required
- required, not held assessment of risks and threats required
- required, not held security engineering required
- required, not held security of assets legislation required
- optional, not held cryptocurrency optional
- optional, not held legal requirements related to ammunition optional
- optional, not held security panels optional
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.