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Where a police trainer can go next

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

Police trainers train probationary, new academy recruits, or cadets, and seasoned veterans on the theory and practice necessary to become a police officer. They conduct theoretical lectures on academic subjects such as law, government regulations, community relations and human diversity. Police academy instructors also provide more hands-on, practical instruction regarding physical training, the care of firearms, first aid, self defensive tactics and vehicle operations. They also prepare and develop lesson plans and new training programmes as new law enforcement-related regulations and issues arise. The instructors monitor the students' progress, evaluate them individually and prepare performance evaluation reports.

Also known as law enforcement trainer, police officer trainer, trainer of police, specialist police trainer, police tutor, police firearms trainer, instructor in law enforcement, trainer of police officers, law enforcement instructor, police instructor.

Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: police officer, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
police officer 55% covered police detective 44% covered police inspector 43% covered street warden 43% covered prison instructor 41% covered police trainer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from police trainer, 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 police trainer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A police trainer needs 18 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
  • teach law enforcement principles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure student welfare communication, collaboration and creativity
  • instruct public communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply first response assisting and caring
  • handle case evidence communication, collaboration and creativity
  • comply with the principles of self-defence assisting and caring
  • legal use-of-force business, administration and law
  • ensure law application assisting and caring
  • manage major incidents assisting and caring
  • law enforcement services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Police trainer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 police trainer’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.