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

security consultanttostore detective

A security consultant already meets 30% of what the store detective role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From security consultant
30%
Overlap1
To store detective
9 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
67.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.6/ 100

1 Share of the store detective role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the security consultant 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 store detective role treats 4 of its required skills as things a security consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure public safety and security
  • identify security threats
  • liaise with security authorities
  • surveillance methods

What stands in the way is 10 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A store detective role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a security consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held legal requirements related to ammunition business, administration and law
  • already held identify terrorism threats information skills
  • already held liaise with security authorities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held criminal law business, administration and law
  • already held surveillance methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held fire safety regulations services

All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the store detective role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 assisting and caring 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held prevent shoplifting required
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
  • required, not held detain offenders required
  • required, not held identify suspicious behaviour required
  • required, not held practice vigilance required
  • optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
  • optional, not held perform security checks optional
  • optional, not held screen clients optional
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor sales area for security reasons required
  • required, not held document security incidents in the store required
  • optional, not held carry out covert security observations optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held confront offenders required
  • required, not held interrogate individuals required
04 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held monitor surveillance equipment required
05 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held create a prevention security plan for the store optional
  • optional, not held monitor cashiers optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held civil law optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a store detective 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held liaise with security authorities skill
  • already held surveillance methods knowledge
  • already held apply conflict management skill
  • already held criminal law knowledge
  • already held fire safety regulations knowledge
  • already held identify terrorism threats skill
  • already held legal requirements related to ammunition knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held check methods optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held carry out covert security observations optional
  • optional, not held create a prevention security plan for the store optional
  • optional, not held monitor cashiers optional
  • optional, not held check methods optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
  • optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
  • optional, not held perform security checks optional
  • optional, not held screen clients optional
30 held skills the store detective role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advice on security risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on security staff selection skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on strengthening security skill
  • not needed by the target role assess risks of clients' assets skill
  • not needed by the target role assessment of risks and threats knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role consultation methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate security skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role cryptocurrency knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
  • not needed by the target role handle surveillance equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role international security studies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain facility security systems skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role provide emergency advice skill
  • not needed by the target role provide emergency training skill
  • not needed by the target role security engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role security in commercial buildings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role security in industrial buildings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role security of assets legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role security panels knowledge
  • not needed by the target role security threats knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train security officers skill
  • not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role write security reports skill
2 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
  • optional, not held check methods optional
  • optional, not held civil law 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.