Occupation Atlaspolice officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5793c124-c037-47b2-85b6-dd4a705968dc
police officer
Police officers use investigation methods to prevent crime, to pursue and apprehend criminals, and protect the public from violent and criminal activities. They perform surveillance and patrol activities to prevent crimes and apprehend offenders. They provide support to victimised parties and the public at large, and fulfil administrative duties.
Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
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
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.45
- E Enterprising4.07
- I Investigative3.90
- S Social2.87
- R Realistic2.39
- A Artistic1.42
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 Private Detectives and Investigators (33-9021.00): 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 (15)
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.
- apply first response
- comply with legal regulations
- comply with the principles of self-defence
- detain offenders
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure law application
- first response
- handle case evidence
- identify security threats
- instruct public
- law enforcement
- legal use-of-force
- patrol areas
- road traffic laws
- use different communication channels
Optional (40)
- analyse legal evidence
- analyse road traffic patterns
- anticipate foreseeable problems on the road
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- assess railway operations
- check diving equipment
- check official documents
- conduct drug abuse tests
- conduct frisk
- control crowd
- diving operation requirements
- educate public on road safety
- ensure public safety and security
- examine crime scenes
- execute working instructions
- hear witness accounts
- illegal substances
- investigate forgery cases
- investigate road accidents
- investigation research methods
- issue fines
- maintain diving equipment
- maintain order at scenes of accidents
- manage major incidents
- manage theft prevention
- perform drug investigations
- perform underwater investigations
- physical characteristics of railways
- practice vigilance
- present evidence
- provide care for horses
- railway law
- regulate traffic
- respond to enquiries
- restrain individuals
- ride horses
- safe horseback riding principles
- train animals for professional purposes
- 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 15 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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