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1.9 KiB

Competences — private detective

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/771a47c9-9cf4-4368-9752-2a1ea5a783d7).

Essential

  • analyse legal evidence (skill/competence)
  • check methods (knowledge)
  • check request legitimacy (skill/competence)
  • check subjects (skill/competence)
  • civil law (knowledge)
  • conduct research interview (skill/competence)
  • criminal law (knowledge)
  • develop investigation strategy (skill/competence)
  • document evidence (skill/competence)
  • handle case evidence (skill/competence)
  • identify customer's needs (skill/competence)
  • identify suspicious behaviour (skill/competence)
  • interview techniques (knowledge)
  • law enforcement (knowledge)
  • manage contracts (skill/competence)
  • practice vigilance (skill/competence)
  • provide information (skill/competence)
  • screen clients (skill/competence)
  • surveillance methods (knowledge)

Optional

  • acquire licences for the use of weapons (skill/competence)
  • assist police investigations (skill/competence)
  • court procedures (knowledge)
  • criminology (knowledge)
  • develop criminology theories (skill/competence)
  • ensure compliance with types of weapons (skill/competence)
  • ensure law application (skill/competence)
  • examine crime scenes (skill/competence)
  • hear witness accounts (skill/competence)
  • liaise with security authorities (skill/competence)
  • present evidence (skill/competence)
  • take pictures (skill/competence)
  • trace people (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 39 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • report writing — 62 %
  • surveillance — 49 %
  • investigation — 31 %
  • fraud investigation — 21 %
  • fraud detection — 18 %