security guardtostore detective
A security guard already meets 59% of what the store detective role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
59%
43.6/ 100
1 Share of the store detective 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 store detective role treats 9 of its required skills as things a security guard already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- detain offenders
- document security incidents in the store
- ensure public safety and security
- identify security threats
- interrogate individuals
- liaise with security authorities
What stands in the way is 5 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A store detective 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 document security incidents in the store information skills
- already held interrogate individuals communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor surveillance equipment constructing
- already held check methods social sciences, journalism and information
- already held perform security checks assisting and caring
- already held legal requirements related to ammunition business, administration and law
All 16 carried skills, including the 9 the store detective role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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 prevent shoplifting required
- required, not held comply with legal regulations required
- required, not held identify suspicious behaviour required
- optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
- optional, not held screen clients optional
- required, not held monitor sales area for security reasons required
- optional, not held carry out covert security observations optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- required, not held confront offenders required
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held create a prevention security plan for the store optional
- optional, not held monitor cashiers optional
- optional, not held civil law optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a store detective role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 confront offenders skill · occupation specific
- 02 monitor sales area for security reasons skill · occupation specific
- 03 prevent shoplifting skill · 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held detain offenders skill
- already held document security incidents in the store skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held interrogate individuals skill
- already held liaise with security authorities skill
- already held monitor surveillance equipment skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held check methods knowledge
- already held criminal law knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held identify terrorism threats skill
- already held legal requirements related to ammunition knowledge
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held perform security checks skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out covert security observations optional
- optional, not held create a prevention security plan for the store optional
- optional, not held monitor cashiers optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held civil law optional
- optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held screen clients optional
35 held skills the store detective 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 check tickets at venue entry skill
- not needed by the target role comply with the principles of self-defence 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 deal with aggressive behaviour 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 handle surveillance equipment skill
- not needed by the target role illegal substances knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect cargo skill
- 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 patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role perform body searches 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 restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role security in commercial buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role security in industrial buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role security threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
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 civil law optional
Other moves recorded from security guard
- security guard supervisor 67% covered · moderate
- door supervisor 66% covered · moderate
- gate guard 66% covered · moderate
- hand luggage inspector 65% covered · moderate
- crowd controller 62% 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.