Table 1Transition record

telecommunications managertocorrectional services manager

A telecommunications manager already meets 20% of what the correctional services manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From telecommunications manager

20%

Overlap1

To correctional services manager

5 Skills carried over

10 Required, not held

72.8 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.8/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

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

comply with legal regulations
manage budgets
manage staff

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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A correctional services manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a telecommunications manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held comply with legal regulations assisting and caring
already held recruit employees management skills
already held train employees communication, collaboration and creativity
already held manage budgets management skills
already held manage staff management skills

All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the correctional services manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held supervise correctional procedures required
required, not held manage security clearance required
required, not held contribute to the formulation of correctional procedures required
required, not held evaluate employees required

optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
optional, not held manage emergency procedures optional
optional, not held set organisational policies optional

02 services 2 required

required, not held correctional procedures required
required, not held law enforcement required

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held maintain operational communications required

optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
optional, not held represent the organisation optional
optional, not held write work-related reports optional

04 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held undertake inspections required

optional, not held maintain logbooks optional
optional, not held advise on risk management optional
optional, not held maintain professional records optional

05 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held identify security threats required

optional, not held ensure information security optional
optional, not held ensure law application optional

06 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held legal use-of-force required

optional, not held criminal law optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a correctional services manager 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 comply with legal regulations skill
already held manage budgets skill
already held manage staff skill
already held recruit employees skill
already held train employees skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held criminology optional

14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held maintain logbooks optional
optional, not held advise on risk management optional
optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
optional, not held criminal law optional
optional, not held criminology optional
optional, not held ensure information security optional
optional, not held ensure law application optional
optional, not held maintain professional records optional
optional, not held manage emergency procedures optional
optional, not held represent the organisation optional
optional, not held set organisational policies optional
optional, not held write work-related reports optional

22 held skills the correctional services manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
not needed by the target role direct inward dialing knowledge
not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role network engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role operate private branch exchange skill
not needed by the target role perform procurement processes skill
not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
not needed by the target role telecom regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role telecommunication trunking knowledge
not needed by the target role upgrade firmware skill
not needed by the target role use ICT ticketing system skill

5 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 correctional procedures required
required, not held law enforcement required
required, not held legal use-of-force required
optional, not held criminal law optional
optional, not held criminology optional

Index

Other moves recorded from telecommunications manager

Full index of moves from telecommunications manager

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.