Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a private detective can go next

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

Private detectives research and analyse information to uncover facts for personal, corporate or legal reasons, depending on their clients. They conduct surveillance activities, which includes taking photos, doing background checks and interviewing individuals. Private detectives may help in criminal and civil cases, child custody, financial fraud, on-line harassment and may search for missing people. They compile all the information into a file and hand it to their clients for further action.

Technicians and associate professionals 32 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: police inspector, 50%

police inspector 50% covered police detective 50% covered intelligence officer 33% covered prosecutor 29% covered criminal investigator 28% covered private detective You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from private detective. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a private detective already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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private detective is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a private detective already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.