air force officertospecial forces officer
A air force officer already meets 60% of what the special forces officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
60%
43.7/ 100
1 Share of the special forces officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the air force officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A special forces officer role treats 14 of its required skills as things a air force officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- camouflage
- devise military tactics
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special forces officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a air force officer background worth leading with.
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held coordinate patrols management skills
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held devise military tactics management skills
- already held lead military troops management skills
- already held military drill services
All 18 carried skills, including the 14 the special forces officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held perform covert investigations required
- required, not held assess danger in risk areas required
- required, not held develop investigation strategy required
- required, not held identify terrorism threats required
- required, not held apply information security policies required
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held practice vigilance optional
- optional, not held provide humanitarian aid optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- required, not held maintain operational communications required
- optional, not held execute working instructions optional
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a special forces officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply information security policies skill · sector specific
- 02 geographic information systems knowledge · sector specific
- 03 perform covert investigations skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held camouflage knowledge
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military drill knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held coordinate patrols skill
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held write situation reports skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held execute working instructions optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held practice vigilance optional
- optional, not held provide humanitarian aid optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
20 held skills the special forces officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role air force operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply air force procedures skill
- not needed by the target role apply military aviation regulations skill
- not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect real-time geolocation information skill
- not needed by the target role communicate in air traffic services skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role create a flight plan skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations skill
- not needed by the target role execute flight plans skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role military aviation knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate cockpit control panels skill
- not needed by the target role perform flight manoeuvres skill
- not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
- not needed by the target role train air force crew skill
- not needed by the target role undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements skill
- not needed by the target role visual flight rules knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held geographic information systems required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.