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

police inspectortojuvenile correctional officer

A police inspector already meets 42% of what the juvenile correctional officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From police inspector
42%
Overlap1
To juvenile correctional officer
10 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
53 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53/ 100

1 Share of the juvenile correctional officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the police inspector 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 juvenile correctional officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a police inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply knowledge of human behaviour
  • identify security threats
  • law enforcement
  • legal use-of-force
  • restrain individuals
  • undertake inspections

What stands in the way is 7 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 juvenile correctional officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a police inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held restrain individuals assisting and caring
  • already held criminology social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held legal use-of-force business, administration and law
  • already held ensure law application assisting and caring
  • already held practice vigilance assisting and caring
  • already held law enforcement services

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the juvenile correctional officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 7 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 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held escort defendants required
  • required, not held patrol areas required
  • required, not held screen clients required
  • optional, not held comply with the principles of self-defence optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
02 services 2 required
  • required, not held correctional procedures required
  • required, not held illegal substances required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held mentor individuals required
  • optional, not held advise on conflict management optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held oversee rehabilitation process required
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held surveillance methods optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a juvenile correctional 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 apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held legal use-of-force knowledge
  • already held restrain individuals skill
  • already held undertake inspections skill
  • already held criminology knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held practice vigilance skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain logbooks optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
  • optional, not held maintain logbooks optional
  • optional, not held advise on conflict management optional
  • optional, not held comply with the principles of self-defence optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
  • optional, not held surveillance methods optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
23 held skills the juvenile correctional officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate patrols skill
  • not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
  • not needed by the target role develop investigation strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information security skill
  • not needed by the target role examine crime scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role form operational strategies for law enforcement skill
  • not needed by the target role handle case evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role hear witness accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate forgery cases skill
  • not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead police investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role perform drug investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role present evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role write situation reports skill
4 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 correctional procedures required
  • required, not held illegal substances required
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
  • optional, not held surveillance methods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from police inspector

Full index of moves from police inspector

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.