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

coronertopolygraph examiner

A coroner already meets 21% of what the polygraph examiner role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From coroner
21%
Overlap1
To polygraph examiner
6 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
71.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.4/ 100

1 Share of the polygraph examiner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the coroner 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 polygraph examiner role treats 3 of its required skills as things a coroner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse legal evidence
  • comply with legal regulations
  • write work-related reports

What stands in the way is 11 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A polygraph examiner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a coroner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide testimony in court hearings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assist police investigations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held investigation research methods services
  • already held analyse legal evidence information skills
  • already held comply with legal regulations assisting and caring
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the polygraph examiner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 9 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 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held document interviews required
  • required, not held manage tests required
  • required, not held observe human behaviour required
  • required, not held report analysis results required
  • optional, not held create criminal profiles optional
02 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assess character required
  • required, not held maintain professional administration required
  • optional, not held profile people optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct research interview required
  • optional, not held interrogate individuals optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held promote human rights optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
  • optional, not held deal with aggressive behaviour optional
05 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held psychophysiology required
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held forensic intelligence required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a polygraph examiner 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held comply with legal regulations skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
  • already held assist police investigations skill
  • already held investigation research methods knowledge
  • already held provide testimony in court hearings skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held use technology for forensics required
08 social sciences, journalism and information 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held criminology optional
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
09 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held profile people optional
  • optional, not held create criminal profiles optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held criminology optional
  • optional, not held deal with aggressive behaviour optional
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
  • optional, not held interrogate individuals optional
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held promote human rights optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
20 held skills the polygraph examiner role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role apply scientific methods skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out an autopsy skill
  • not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
  • not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role crime scene preservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role determine cause of death skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnostic methods in medical laboratory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role document evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role evidence-based approach in general practice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role examine crime scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date with diagnostic innovations skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform forensic examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform toxicological studies skill
7 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 psychophysiology required
  • required, not held forensic intelligence required
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held criminology optional
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
  • optional, not held psychology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from coroner

Full index of moves from coroner

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.