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

street wardentopolice officer

A street warden already meets 58% of what the police officer role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From street warden
58%
Overlap1
To police officer
24 Skills carried over
2 Required, not held
47.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

58%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.3/ 100

1 Share of the police officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the street warden 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 police officer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a street warden already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply first response
  • comply with legal regulations
  • comply with the principles of self-defence
  • detain offenders
  • ensure law application
  • first response

What stands in the way is 2 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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A police officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a street warden background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held issue fines assisting and caring
  • already held maintain order at scenes of accidents assisting and caring
  • already held conduct drug abuse tests information skills
  • already held instruct public communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held regulate traffic assisting and caring
  • already held first response health and welfare

All 24 carried skills, including the 13 the police officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 9 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 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons required
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
  • optional, not held manage major incidents optional
  • optional, not held manage theft prevention optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held handle case evidence required
  • optional, not held educate public on road safety optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held ride horses optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
03 information skills 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
  • optional, not held assess railway operations optional
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held investigate road accidents optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
  • optional, not held analyse legal evidence optional
  • optional, not held examine crime scenes optional
  • optional, not held perform underwater investigations optional
04 services 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held diving operation requirements optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
05 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held check diving equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional
06 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide care for horses optional
  • optional, not held train animals for professional purposes optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a police 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply first response skill
  • already held comply with legal regulations skill
  • already held comply with the principles of self-defence skill
  • already held detain offenders skill
  • already held ensure law application skill
  • already held first response knowledge
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held instruct public skill
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held legal use-of-force knowledge
  • already held patrol areas skill
  • already held road traffic laws knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held check official documents skill
  • already held conduct drug abuse tests skill
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held execute working instructions skill
  • already held hear witness accounts skill
  • already held issue fines skill
  • already held maintain order at scenes of accidents skill
  • already held practice vigilance skill
  • already held regulate traffic skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held railway law optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held physical characteristics of railways optional
09 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held anticipate foreseeable problems on the road optional
29 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
  • optional, not held anticipate foreseeable problems on the road optional
  • optional, not held assess railway operations optional
  • optional, not held check diving equipment optional
  • optional, not held investigate forgery cases optional
  • optional, not held investigate road accidents optional
  • optional, not held perform drug investigations optional
  • optional, not held physical characteristics of railways optional
  • optional, not held provide care for horses optional
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held train animals for professional purposes optional
  • optional, not held analyse legal evidence optional
  • optional, not held conduct frisk optional
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
  • optional, not held diving operation requirements optional
  • optional, not held educate public on road safety optional
  • optional, not held examine crime scenes optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional
  • optional, not held manage major incidents optional
  • optional, not held manage theft prevention optional
  • optional, not held perform underwater investigations optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held railway law optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held ride horses optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
4 held skills the police officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist emergency services skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role react calmly in stressful situations skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
6 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 physical characteristics of railways optional
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held diving operation requirements optional
  • optional, not held illegal substances optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held railway 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.