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A police inspector already meets 59% of what the police commissioner role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
59%
42.3/ 100
1 Share of the police commissioner 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 this move works
A police commissioner role treats 10 of its required skills as things a police inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- criminology
- develop investigation strategy
- ensure information security
- ensure law application
- form operational strategies for law enforcement
- investigation research methods
What stands in the way is 8 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A police commissioner 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.
- already held form operational strategies for law enforcement assisting and caring
- already held lead police investigations information skills
- already held investigate forgery cases information skills
- already held perform drug investigations information skills
- already held develop investigation strategy information skills
- already held coordinate patrols management skills
All 20 carried skills, including the 10 the police commissioner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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.
- required, not held manage security clearance required
- required, not held ensure compliance with policies required
- required, not held evaluate employees required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- required, not held set organisational policies required
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- required, not held apply health and safety standards required
- optional, not held apply first response optional
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held instruct public optional
- required, not held advise on risk management required
- optional, not held first response optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a police commissioner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage security clearance skill · sector specific
- 02 advise on risk management skill · cross sector
- 03 apply health and safety standards 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held criminology knowledge
- already held develop investigation strategy skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held ensure law application skill
- already held form operational strategies for law enforcement skill
- already held investigation research methods knowledge
- already held law enforcement knowledge
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held undertake inspections skill
- already held conduct public presentations skill
- already held conduct research interview skill
- already held coordinate patrols skill
- already held criminal law knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held handle case evidence skill
- already held investigate forgery cases skill
- already held lead police investigations skill
- already held perform drug investigations skill
- already held train employees skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held first response optional
- optional, not held apply first response optional
- optional, not held instruct public optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
13 held skills the police commissioner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
- not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
- not needed by the target role examine crime scenes skill
- not needed by the target role hear witness accounts skill
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- not needed by the target role present evidence skill
- not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
- not needed by the target role write situation reports skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held first response optional
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.