Intelligence Analysts
Gather, analyze, or evaluate information from a variety of sources, such as law enforcement databases, surveillance, intelligence networks or geographic information systems. Use intelligence data to anticipate and prevent organized crime activities, such as terrorism.
- Tasks
- 21 tasks15 core, 6 supplemental
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- Protective ServiceOne of its 28 occupations
- Code
- 33-3021.06SOC 2018: 33-3021
What the work is made of
15 core tasks and 6 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Validate known intelligence with data from other sources.Core taskTask 17555Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 2. Gather, analyze, correlate, or evaluate information from a variety of resources, such as law enforcement databases.Core taskTask 17549Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 3. Evaluate records of communications, such as telephone calls, to plot activity and determine the size and location of criminal groups and members.Core taskTask 17546Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 4. Gather intelligence information by field observation, confidential information sources, or public records.Core taskTask 17548Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 5. Analyze intelligence data to identify patterns and trends in criminal activity.Core taskTask 21199Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 6. Prepare comprehensive written reports, presentations, maps, or charts, based on research, collection, and analysis of intelligence data.Core taskTask 17552Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 7. Collaborate with representatives from other government and intelligence organizations to share information or coordinate intelligence activities.Core taskTask 17556Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 8. Link or chart suspects to criminal organizations or events to determine activities and interrelationships.Core taskTask 17550Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 9. Establish criminal profiles to aid in connecting criminal organizations with their members.Core taskTask 17545Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 10. Identify gaps in information.Core taskTask 23997Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 11. Design, use, or maintain databases and software applications, such as geographic information systems (GIS) mapping and artificial intelligence tools.Core taskTask 17544Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 12. Predict future gang, organized crime, or terrorist activity, using analyses of intelligence data.Core taskTask 17542Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 13. Study activities relating to narcotics, money laundering, gangs, auto theft rings, terrorism, or other national security threats.Core taskTask 17543Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 14. Study the assets of criminal suspects to determine the flow of money from or to targeted groups.Core taskTask 17554Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 15. Conduct presentations of analytic findings.Core taskTask 21200Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 16. Develop defense plans or tactics, using intelligence and other information.Supplemental taskTask 17557Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 17. Interview, interrogate, or interact with witnesses or crime suspects to collect human intelligence.Supplemental taskTask 17558Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 18. Prepare plans to intercept foreign communications transmissions.Supplemental taskTask 17553Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 19. Study communication code languages or foreign languages to translate intelligence.Supplemental taskTask 17559Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 20. Gather and evaluate information, using tools such as aerial photographs, radar equipment, or sensitive radio equipment.Supplemental taskTask 17547Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
- Task 21. Operate cameras, radios, or other surveillance equipment to intercept communications or document activities.Supplemental taskTask 17551Rated by 23 occupational experts, August 2024
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How we copy and credit sources- Published byO*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration
- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 33-3021
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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