security guardtohand luggage inspector
A security guard already meets 65% of what the hand luggage inspector role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
65%
37.5/ 100
1 Share of the hand luggage inspector role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the security guard 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 hand luggage inspector role treats 11 of its required skills as things a security guard already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- check methods
- detain offenders
- ensure public safety and security
- identify security threats
- identify terrorism threats
- illegal substances
What stands in the way is 4 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hand luggage inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a security guard background worth leading with.
- already held perform body searches assisting and caring
- already held check methods social sciences, journalism and information
- already held perform security checks assisting and caring
- already held check tickets at venue entry assisting and caring
- already held illegal substances services
- already held identify terrorism threats information skills
All 19 carried skills, including the 11 the hand luggage inspector role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 company policies required
- required, not held comply with legal regulations required
- optional, not held ensure passage metal detection optional
- optional, not held perform tests for illegal substances optional
- optional, not held set safety and security standards optional
- optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
- optional, not held react calmly in stressful situations optional
- required, not held liaise with local authorities required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- optional, not held assist police investigations optional
- optional, not held perform inspection analysis optional
- optional, not held identify airport safety hazards optional
- optional, not held common aviation safety regulations optional
- optional, not held store goods optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hand luggage inspector role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply company policies skill · cross sector
- 02 comply with legal regulations skill · cross sector
- 03 liaise with local authorities 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 19 skills that carry over
- already held check methods knowledge
- already held detain offenders skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held identify terrorism threats skill
- already held illegal substances knowledge
- already held liaise with security authorities skill
- already held perform security checks skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held security threats knowledge
- already held stay alert skill
- already held check tickets at venue entry skill
- already held comply with the principles of self-defence skill
- already held deal with aggressive behaviour skill
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held perform body searches skill
- already held restrain individuals skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure passage metal detection optional
- optional, not held perform tests for illegal substances optional
- optional, not held set safety and security standards optional
- optional, not held common aviation safety regulations optional
- optional, not held perform inspection analysis optional
- optional, not held store goods optional
- optional, not held assist police investigations optional
- optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
- optional, not held identify airport safety hazards optional
- optional, not held react calmly in stressful situations optional
32 held skills the hand luggage inspector role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role alarm systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out security activities with a dog skill
- not needed by the target role check official documents skill
- not needed by the target role conduct airport security screening skill
- not needed by the target role control crowd skill
- not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
- not needed by the target role document security incidents in the store skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role ensure hotel security skill
- not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
- not needed by the target role ensure security on ships skill
- not needed by the target role ensure store security skill
- not needed by the target role execute inspection walkway skill
- not needed by the target role exercise security in hospitals skill
- not needed by the target role explosives knowledge
- not needed by the target role fire safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect cargo skill
- not needed by the target role interrogate individuals skill
- not needed by the target role legal requirements related to ammunition knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain facility security systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage lost and found articles skill
- not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
- not needed by the target role monitor parking areas to maintain security skill
- not needed by the target role monitor surveillance equipment skill
- not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role provide door security skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide security in detention centres skill
- not needed by the target role regulate traffic skill
- not needed by the target role security in commercial buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role security in industrial buildings knowledge
1 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 common aviation safety regulations optional
Other moves recorded from security guard
- security guard supervisor 67% covered · moderate
- door supervisor 66% covered · moderate
- gate guard 66% covered · moderate
- crowd controller 62% covered · moderate
- store detective 60% covered · moderate
- bodyguard 60% covered · moderate
- security alarm investigator 48% covered · moderate
- prison officer 47% 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.