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

criminal investigatortopolice inspector

A criminal investigator already meets 28% of what the police inspector role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From criminal investigator
28%
Overlap1
To police inspector
10 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
65.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.9/ 100

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

  • criminology
  • examine crime scenes
  • handle case evidence

What stands in the way is 9 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A police inspector role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a criminal investigator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held investigate forgery cases information skills
  • already held perform drug investigations information skills
  • already held examine crime scenes information skills
  • already held handle case evidence communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held criminology social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held present evidence communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 3 the police inspector role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 2 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held form operational strategies for law enforcement required
  • required, not held ensure law application required
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held ensure information security optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held practice vigilance optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse legal evidence required
  • required, not held develop investigation strategy required
  • optional, not held lead police investigations optional
03 services 2 required
  • required, not held investigation research methods required
  • required, not held law enforcement required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held hear witness accounts required
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
05 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held legal use-of-force required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a police inspector 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held criminology knowledge
  • already held examine crime scenes skill
  • already held handle case evidence skill
  • already held comply with legal regulations skill
  • already held criminal law knowledge
  • already held investigate forgery cases skill
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held perform drug investigations skill
  • already held present evidence skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held lead police investigations optional
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held ensure information security optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held practice vigilance optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
16 held skills the police inspector role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse blood patterns skill
  • not needed by the target role assess contamination skill
  • not needed by the target role clean crime scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role crime scene preservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role detect finger prints skill
  • not needed by the target role document evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate forensic data skill
  • not needed by the target role forensic intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform forensic examinations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role photograph crime scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role restrict access to crime scene skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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 investigation research methods required
  • required, not held law enforcement required
  • required, not held legal use-of-force required
Index

Other moves recorded from criminal investigator

Full index of moves from criminal investigator

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.