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

polygraph examinertogenealogist

A polygraph examiner already meets 23% of what the genealogist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From polygraph examiner
23%
Overlap1
To genealogist
5 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
69.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.8/ 100

1 Share of the genealogist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the polygraph examiner 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 genealogist role treats 3 of its required skills as things a polygraph examiner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • conduct research interview
  • investigation research methods
  • write work-related reports

What stands in the way is 9 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A genealogist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a polygraph examiner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held investigation research methods services
  • already held document interviews information skills
  • already held interview techniques social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held conduct research interview communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the genealogist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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 information skills 7 required
  • required, not held research family histories required
  • required, not held analyse legislation required
  • required, not held analyse recorded sources required
  • required, not held conduct qualitative research required
  • required, not held consult information sources required
  • required, not held inspect data required
  • required, not held interpret pedigree charts required
02 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held genealogy required
  • optional, not held history optional
  • optional, not held transcription methods optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held genomics required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held suggest revision of manuscripts optional
  • optional, not held proofread text optional
05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
  • optional, not held family law optional
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held research design optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a genealogist 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held investigation research methods knowledge
  • already held write work-related reports skill
  • already held document interviews skill
  • already held interview techniques knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held social sciences optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held search databases optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held suggest revision of manuscripts optional
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
  • optional, not held family law optional
  • optional, not held history optional
  • optional, not held proofread text optional
  • optional, not held research design optional
  • optional, not held search databases optional
  • optional, not held social sciences optional
  • optional, not held transcription methods optional
23 held skills the genealogist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role assess character skill
  • not needed by the target role assist police investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role create criminal profiles skill
  • not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deal with aggressive behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role forensic intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interrogate individuals skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
  • not needed by the target role manage tests skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role observe human behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role present evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role profile people skill
  • not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role provide testimony in court hearings skill
  • not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role psychophysiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role use technology for forensics skill
8 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 genealogy required
  • required, not held genomics required
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
  • optional, not held family law optional
  • optional, not held history optional
  • optional, not held research design optional
  • optional, not held social sciences optional
  • optional, not held transcription methods optional
Index

Other moves recorded from polygraph examiner

Full index of moves from polygraph examiner

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.