armoured car guardtogate guard
A armoured car guard already meets 30% of what the gate guard role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
68.1/ 100
1 Share of the gate guard role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the armoured car 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 gate guard role treats 4 of its required skills as things a armoured car guard already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- manage major incidents
- manage theft prevention
- practice vigilance
- security threats
What stands in the way is 12 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A gate guard role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a armoured car guard background worth leading with.
- already held comply with the principles of self-defence assisting and caring
- already held deal with aggressive behaviour assisting and caring
- already held security threats services
- already held react calmly in stressful situations assisting and caring
- already held liaise with security authorities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage major incidents assisting and caring
All 11 carried skills, including the 4 the gate guard role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 7 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 check tickets at venue entry required
- required, not held conduct security screenings required
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held check official documents required
- required, not held identify security threats required
- required, not held monitor guest access required
- required, not held perform security checks required
- optional, not held maintain facility security systems optional
- optional, not held provide directions to guests optional
- optional, not held detain offenders optional
- optional, not held perform body searches optional
- required, not held maintain incident reporting records required
- optional, not held monitor parking areas to maintain security optional
- optional, not held register information on arrivals and departures optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- required, not held work in shifts required
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- required, not held illegal substances required
- required, not held check methods required
- required, not held operate control panels required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a gate guard role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate control panels skill · occupation specific
- 02 check tickets at venue entry skill · sector specific
- 03 conduct security screenings 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held manage theft prevention skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held security threats knowledge
- 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 liaise with security authorities skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held react calmly in stressful situations skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held monitor surveillance equipment optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain facility security systems optional
- optional, not held monitor parking areas to maintain security optional
- optional, not held provide directions to guests optional
- optional, not held register information on arrivals and departures optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held detain offenders optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held monitor surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held perform body searches optional
18 held skills the gate guard role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acquire licences for the use of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate transportation skill
- not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role ensure regulatory compliance concerning distribution activities skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
- not needed by the target role legal requirements related to ammunition knowledge
- not needed by the target role load cargo skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle delivery documentation skill
- not needed by the target role manage cash transportation skill
- not needed by the target role monitor security measures skill
- not needed by the target role prepare transportation routes skill
- not needed by the target role provide secured transportation skill
- not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role surveillance methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role unload cargo skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held check methods required
- required, not held illegal substances required
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.