Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a justice of the peace can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a justice of the peace already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Justices of the peace deal with small claims and disputes, and minor offences. They ensure the keeping of the peace within their jurisdiction, and provide mediation between disputing parties.

Also known as justice, advocate, peace justice, magistrate, court judge, peace commissioner.

Technicians and associate professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: judge, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
judge 63% covered supreme court judge 60% covered court jury coordinator 47% covered case administrator 45% covered prosecutor 43% covered justice of the peace You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from justice of the peace, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a justice of the peace already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A justice of the peace needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • hear legal arguments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supervise court hearings assisting and caring
  • law of non-marital cohabitation business, administration and law
  • maintain court order assisting and caring
  • make legal decisions management skills
  • supervise legal case procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • private law business, administration and law
  • civil process order business, administration and law
  • interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse legal evidence information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a justice of the peace does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Justice of the peace is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a justice of the peace’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.