bodyguardtostore detective
A bodyguard already meets 51% of what the store detective role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
51%
51.8/ 100
1 Share of the store detective role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bodyguard 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 8 of its required skills as things a bodyguard already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- detain offenders
- identify security threats
- identify suspicious behaviour
- interrogate individuals
- liaise with security authorities
- monitor surveillance equipment
What stands in the way is 6 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 13 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 bodyguard background worth leading with.
- already held identify suspicious behaviour assisting and caring
- 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 13 carried skills, including the 8 the store detective role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 6 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 ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held prevent shoplifting required
- required, not held comply with legal regulations required
- optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
- optional, not held screen clients optional
- required, not held monitor sales area for security reasons required
- required, not held document security incidents in the store 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 civil law optional
- optional, not held criminal law optional
- optional, not held create a prevention security plan for the store optional
- optional, not held monitor cashiers optional
- optional, not held fire safety regulations 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 document security incidents in the store 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held detain offenders skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held identify suspicious behaviour 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 identify terrorism threats skill
- already held legal requirements related to ammunition knowledge
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held perform security checks skill
10 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 criminal law optional
- optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
- optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held screen clients optional
33 held skills the store detective role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European firearms-control legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role apply advanced driving techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assist emergency services skill
- not needed by the target role assist police investigations skill
- not needed by the target role body language knowledge
- not needed by the target role check official documents skill
- not needed by the target role check subjects skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role comply with the principles of self-defence skill
- not needed by the target role control crowd skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate patrols skill
- not needed by the target role deal with aggressive behaviour 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 execute inspection walkway skill
- not needed by the target role first response knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify surveillance devices skill
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage major incidents 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 protect important clients skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide protective escort skill
- not needed by the target role provide secured transportation skill
- not needed by the target role react calmly in stressful situations skill
- not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role search for explosive devices skill
- not needed by the target role secure premises skill
- not needed by the target role security threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
3 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
- optional, not held criminal law optional
- optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
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.