If the route changes, we will move the mobile team.
Unit 08
Negotiation and judgement
Risk, resources, and conditional decisions
Discuss risk without exaggeration, connect offers to conditions, and justify proportionate resource decisions.
Use of EnglishScenario judgementProfessional speaking
Frontex focus
Proportionality and information-led allocation
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Learning outcomes
By the end of this unit
- Use first, second, and mixed conditionals accurately.
- Link an operational proposal to a clear condition.
- Explain proportionate responses to assessed risk.
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Decision case
More visible is not always more effective
A manager proposes moving every available officer to one crossing after a short increase in alerts. The analyst advises against an immediate full transfer. The increase is real, but its duration is uncertain, and other crossing points would lose minimum coverage.
The final proposal sets a condition. If the higher alert rate continues for three shifts, one mobile team will be redeployed. Until then, targeted document support and closer monitoring will reduce the risk without creating a new gap elsewhere.
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Language focus
Conditionals for operational choices
Use the first conditional for realistic future results, the second for hypothetical situations, and mixed conditionals when a past decision affects the present.
If we had more staff, we would extend the patrol.
If the warning had been escalated, the team would be ready now.
Watch this
Do not use will in the if-clause of a normal first conditional.
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Core lexicon
Professional and operational vocabulary
assign resources to a purpose
The coordinator allocated an extra team to the airport.the probability that something will happen
The assessment considers likelihood and impact.no more intrusive or extensive than the objective requires
The response must remain necessary and proportionate.an action that reduces risk or harm
Additional verification is one possible mitigation.a possible event requiring a prepared alternative
The plan includes a contingency for equipment failure.From EPSOHQ Frontex database
Acronym focus
Useful when discussing which Member State may hold criminal-record information on a third-country national.
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Production task
Conditional recommendation
Recommend a response to a temporary rise in alerts. Include one condition, one mitigation, and one limit.
- Use if plus present, then will.
- Name the risk of overreaction.
- Explain why the response is proportionate.
About 15 minutes · 110–170 words
Open evaluated task