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

justice of the peacetojudge

A justice of the peace already meets 63% of what the judge role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From justice of the peace
63%
Overlap1
To judge
24 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
38.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 38.6

This move: 38.6 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the judge role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the justice of the peace 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A judge role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a justice of the peace background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held hear legal arguments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held supervise court hearings assisting and caring
  • already held authenticate documents assisting and caring
  • already held maintain court order assisting and caring
  • already held make legal decisions management skills
  • already held ensure sentence execution communication, collaboration and creativity

All 24 carried skills, including the 8 the judge role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held show impartiality required
  • optional, not held review trial cases optional
  • optional, not held communicate with jury optional
  • optional, not held guide jury activities optional
  • optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
  • optional, not held present arguments persuasively optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held legal terminology required
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
  • optional, not held support juvenile victims optional
04 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held correctional procedures optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held criminology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a judge 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held civil process order knowledge
  • already held court procedures knowledge
  • already held hear legal arguments skill
  • already held interpret law skill
  • already held maintain court order skill
  • already held private law knowledge
  • already held supervise court hearings skill
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held authenticate documents skill
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held ensure sentence execution skill
  • already held facilitate official agreement skill
  • already held family law knowledge
  • already held hear witness accounts skill
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held legal case management knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held make legal decisions skill
  • already held moderate in negotiations skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
  • already held supervise legal case procedures skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held review trial cases optional
  • optional, not held communicate with jury optional
  • optional, not held guide jury activities optional
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
  • optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
  • optional, not held correctional procedures optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held criminology optional
  • optional, not held present arguments persuasively optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held support juvenile victims optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
4 held skills the judge role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role law of non-marital cohabitation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role officiate weddings skill
  • not needed by the target role support witnesses skill
6 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 legal terminology required
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
  • optional, not held correctional procedures optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held criminology optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
Index
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.