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

customs and excise officertoimmigration officer

A customs and excise officer already meets 42% of what the immigration officer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From customs and excise officer
42%
Overlap1
To immigration officer
10 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
51.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.2/ 100

1 Share of the immigration officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the customs and excise 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 4 of its required skills as things a customs and excise officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • check official documents
  • conduct research interview
  • handle surveillance equipment
  • respond to enquiries

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 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 customs and excise officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held illegal substances services
  • already held present evidence communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held check official documents assisting and caring
  • already held conduct research interview communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held handle surveillance equipment assisting and caring
  • already held maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the immigration officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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 ensure law application required
  • required, not held identify security threats 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 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held provide immigration advice required
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held instruct public optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held immigration law required
04 services 1 supplementary
  • 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held check official documents skill
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held handle surveillance equipment skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
  • already held illegal substances knowledge
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held present evidence skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
7 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 instruct public optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
20 held skills the immigration officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role calculate tax skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role control trade commercial documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate import transportation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role import export regulations of dangerous chemicals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international import export regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international taxation of transfer prices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage import export licenses skill
  • not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare documentation for international shipping skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions skill
  • not needed by the target role provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions skill
  • not needed by the target role regulations for international transportation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role select items for auction skill
  • not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train animals for professional purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role transport dangerous goods skill
2 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 investigation research methods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from customs and excise officer

Full index of moves from customs and excise 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.