Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

coastguard watch officertoimmigration officer

A coastguard watch officer already meets 30% of what the immigration officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From coastguard watch officer
30%
Overlap1
To immigration officer
7 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
60.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.5/ 100

1 Share of the immigration officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the coastguard watch officer 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

Why this move works

A immigration officer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a coastguard watch officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • check official documents
  • ensure law application
  • identify security threats

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A immigration officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a coastguard watch officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure law application assisting and caring
  • already held check official documents assisting and caring
  • already held maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held undertake inspections information skills
  • already held identify security threats assisting and caring
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the immigration officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 4 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held apply immigration law required
  • required, not held check travel documentation required
  • required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
  • required, not held respond to enquiries required
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct research interview required
  • required, not held provide immigration advice required
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held immigration law required
04 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a immigration officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held check official documents skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
30 held skills the immigration officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on safety improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse weather forecast skill
  • not needed by the target role apply first response skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in maritime rescue operations skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in ship maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate rescue missions skill
  • not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop flood remediation strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate damage skill
  • not needed by the target role evacuate people from flooded areas skill
  • not needed by the target role first response knowledge
  • not needed by the target role flood remediation equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify risk of flooding skill
  • not needed by the target role influence of winds and currents in the steering of ships knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrate Committee on Safe Seas guidelines into inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain ship logs skill
  • not needed by the target role operate an emergency communication system skill
  • not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform search and rescue missions skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prevent sea pollution skill
  • not needed by the target role provide advice on breaches of regulation skill
  • not needed by the target role read maps skill
  • not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
  • not needed by the target role treat flood damage 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held immigration law required
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from coastguard watch officer

Full index of moves from coastguard watch officer

Note

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.