Occupation Atlaspolice detective
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3880e9e8-bc2b-48d9-8afc-a0f258c1c4b0
police detective
Police detectives gather and compile evidence which assists them in the solution of crimes. They use investigative techniques to gather evidence, and interview all parties connected to their line of enquiry, and cooperate with other police department divisions to gather the evidence.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.94
- R Realistic5.18
- C Conventional4.98
- A Artistic1.77
- E Enterprising1.59
- S Social1.50
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Forensic Science Technicians (19-4092.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse legal evidence
- conduct research interview
- criminology
- develop investigation strategy
- ensure law application
- examine crime scenes
- form operational strategies for law enforcement
- handle case evidence
- hear witness accounts
- investigation research methods
- law enforcement
- lead police investigations
- legal use-of-force
- maintain operational communications
Optional (19)
- apply first response
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- conduct public presentations
- control crowd
- criminal law
- detain offenders
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure information security
- first response
- identify security threats
- investigate forgery cases
- legal requirements related to ammunition
- legal research
- perform drug investigations
- practice vigilance
- present evidence
- restrain individuals
- use personal protection equipment
- write situation reports
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
police inspector
11 shared · 1 more of its ownform operational strategies for law enforcement, develop investigation strategy, examine crime scenes, hear witness accounts
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police commissioner
7 shared · 11 more of its ownform operational strategies for law enforcement, develop investigation strategy, investigation research methods, criminology
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private detective
5 shared · 14 more of its owndevelop investigation strategy, handle case evidence, analyse legal evidence, law enforcement
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police officer
4 shared · 11 more of its ownhandle case evidence, legal use-of-force, ensure law application, law enforcement
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police trainer
4 shared · 14 more of its ownhandle case evidence, legal use-of-force, ensure law application, law enforcement
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intelligence officer
3 shared · 8 more of its owndevelop investigation strategy, investigation research methods, conduct research interview
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correctional services manager
3 shared · 10 more of its ownlegal use-of-force, law enforcement, maintain operational communications
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criminal investigator
2 shared · 6 more of its ownexamine crime scenes, handle case evidence
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