juvenile correctional officertoimmigration officer
A juvenile correctional officer already meets 40% of what the immigration officer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
40%
53.1/ 100
1 Share of the immigration officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the juvenile correctional 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 this move works
A immigration officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a juvenile correctional officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure law application
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 9 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 juvenile correctional officer background worth leading with.
- already held conduct frisk assisting and caring
- already held illegal substances services
- already held ensure law application assisting and caring
- already held handle surveillance equipment assisting and caring
- already held undertake inspections information skills
- already held identify security threats assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the immigration officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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.
- required, not held apply immigration law required
- required, not held check official documents required
- required, not held check travel documentation required
- optional, not held apply information security policies optional
- optional, not held detain offenders optional
- optional, not held guide people to holding areas optional
- required, not held conduct research interview required
- required, not held provide immigration advice required
- optional, not held instruct public optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held present evidence optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- required, not held immigration law required
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
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.
- 01 apply immigration law skill · sector specific
- 02 check official documents skill · cross sector
- 03 check travel documentation skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held ensure law application skill
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held respond to enquiries skill
- already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- already held conduct frisk skill
- already held illegal substances knowledge
- already held undertake inspections skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply information security policies 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
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held present evidence optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
17 held skills the immigration officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role comply with the principles of self-defence skill
- not needed by the target role correctional procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role escort defendants skill
- not needed by the target role juvenile detention knowledge
- not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain logbooks skill
- not needed by the target role mentor individuals skill
- not needed by the target role oversee rehabilitation process skill
- not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role screen clients skill
- not needed by the target role surveillance methods knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held immigration law required
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
Other moves recorded from juvenile correctional officer
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.