army corporaltospecial forces officer
A army corporal already meets 66% of what the special forces officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
38.7/ 100
1 Share of the special forces officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the army corporal 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 army corporal already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess danger in risk areas
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- geographic information systems
- identify security threats
- identify terrorism threats
- lead military troops
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 22 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 army corporal background worth leading with.
- already held provide humanitarian aid assisting and caring
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held assess danger in risk areas information skills
- already held coordinate patrols management skills
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify terrorism threats information skills
All 22 carried skills, including the 14 the special forces officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 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 apply information security policies required
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- required, not held perform covert investigations required
- required, not held develop investigation strategy required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- required, not held camouflage required
- required, not held devise military tactics required
- optional, not held operate radio equipment 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 camouflage knowledge · sector specific
- 03 ensure public safety and security 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 22 skills that carry over
- already held assess danger in risk areas skill
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held identify terrorism threats skill
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held maintain operational communications 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 geographic information systems skill
- already held coordinate patrols skill
- already held execute working instructions skill
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles skill
- already held patrol areas skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held provide humanitarian aid skill
- already held write situation reports skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
7 held skills the special forces officer role does not ask for
- 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 ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role manage troop deployment skill
- not needed by the target role monitor military equipment use skill
- not needed by the target role perform search and rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role train military troops skill
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 camouflage required
Other moves recorded from army corporal
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.