Security consultant to store 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.
67.6/ 100
1 How much of what a store detective is expected to do is already part of a security consultant’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the store detective role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A store detective role treats 4 of its required skills as things a security consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · 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.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn prevent shoplifting required
- still to learn comply with legal regulations required
- still to learn detain offenders required
- still to learn identify suspicious behaviour required
- still to learn practice vigilance required
- optional, not held operate fire extinguishers optional
- optional, not held perform security checks optional
- optional, not held screen clients optional
- still to learn monitor sales area for security reasons required
- still to learn document security incidents in the store required
- optional, not held carry out covert security observations optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- still to learn confront offenders required
- still to learn interrogate individuals required
- still to learn monitor surveillance equipment required
- optional, not held create a prevention security plan for the store optional
- optional, not held monitor cashiers optional
- optional, not held civil law optional
2 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 confront offenders practise this
- 02 monitor sales area for security reasons practise this
- 03 document security incidents in the store practise this
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 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
- optional, not held check methods optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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
- 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.
- optional, not held check methods optional
- optional, not held civil law optional
Common questions about this move
Can a security consultant become a store detective?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A security consultant already covers 30% of what a store detective is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 4 of which the store detective role treats as required.
What skills does a security consultant need to become a store detective?
10 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is confront offenders.
How hard is the move from security consultant to store detective?
Its learning distance is 67.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.