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

crossing guardtogate guard

A crossing guard already meets 19% of what the gate guard role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From crossing guard
19%
Overlap1
To gate guard
6 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
76.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance A rebuild

76.3/ 100

1 Share of the gate guard role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the crossing 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

Why this move works

A gate guard role treats 3 of its required skills as things a crossing guard already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure public safety and security
  • manage major incidents
  • work in shifts

What stands in the way is 13 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 gate guard role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a crossing guard background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held deal with aggressive behaviour assisting and caring
  • already held react calmly in stressful situations assisting and caring
  • already held work in shifts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage major incidents assisting and caring
  • already held ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
  • already held provide first aid assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the gate guard role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 8 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 8 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held check tickets at venue entry required
  • required, not held conduct security screenings required
  • required, not held check official documents required
  • required, not held identify security threats required
  • required, not held manage theft prevention required
  • required, not held monitor guest access required
  • required, not held perform security checks required
  • required, not held practice vigilance required
  • optional, not held maintain facility security systems optional
  • optional, not held provide directions to guests optional
  • optional, not held comply with the principles of self-defence optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held perform body searches optional
02 services 2 required
  • required, not held illegal substances required
  • required, not held security threats required
03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • 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
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held check methods required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held operate control panels required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held liaise with security authorities optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

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 ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held manage major incidents skill
  • already held work in shifts skill
  • already held deal with aggressive behaviour skill
  • already held provide first aid skill
  • already held react calmly in stressful situations skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor surveillance equipment optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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 comply with the principles of self-defence optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
  • optional, not held liaise with security authorities optional
  • optional, not held monitor surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
  • optional, not held perform body searches optional
19 held skills the gate guard role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act as contact person during equipment incident skill
  • not needed by the target role assist emergency services skill
  • not needed by the target role educate public on road safety skill
  • not needed by the target role escort pedestrians across streets skill
  • not needed by the target role inform drivers of detour routes skill
  • not needed by the target role instruct public skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret traffic signals skill
  • not needed by the target role local geography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor traffic flow skill
  • not needed by the target role record license plates of violators skill
  • not needed by the target role regulate traffic skill
  • not needed by the target role report children unsafe behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stay alert skill
  • not needed by the target role stop speeding vehicles skill
  • not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
  • not needed by the target role traffic signs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use signalling equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role write signalling 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 check methods required
  • required, not held illegal substances required
  • required, not held security threats required
Index

Other moves recorded from crossing guard

Full index of moves from crossing guard

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.