What would you do as an Intelligence officer?
Intelligence officers
- usually work regular business hours but may work long or irregular hours
- usually work in offices or at military facilities and may travel locally
- may work in hazardous conditions
- need to be responsible, identify and solve problems and communicate well
Tasks
- collect and analyse information
- prepare and share intelligence reports
- work on cases with police and lawyers
- interview people to gather information
- monitor phone calls
- follow up on intelligence reports
- manage informants and process their information
- review and improve intelligence processes
- train staff in crime prevention and information collection
How can you become an Intelligence officer?
You need a qualification to become an intelligence officer and experience may be useful.
You need
- a bachelor's degree in psychology, political science and policy, criminology or similar area OR a New Zealand Diploma in Intelligence Analysis (Level 6) OR to complete specialist training through the Defence Force
- to pass a police check
- a driver licence
- a security clearance
You may need
- experience in similar work
If you're in school
You usually need University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.
