army majortosergeant
A army major already meets 70% of what the sergeant role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
30.7/ 100
1 Share of the sergeant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the army major 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 sergeant role treats 10 of its required skills as things a army major already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise superiors on military operations
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- lead military troops
- manage troop deployment
- military code
- military combat techniques
What stands in the way is 2 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 sergeant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a army major background worth leading with.
- already held advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor military equipment use information skills
- already held train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held coordinate patrols management skills
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held lead military troops management skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 10 the sergeant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 identify security threats required
- optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held provide humanitarian aid optional
- required, not held defend human rights required
- optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a sergeant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
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 advise superiors on military operations skill
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military drill knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held monitor military equipment use skill
- already held train military troops skill
- already held coordinate patrols skill
- already held coordinate rescue missions skill
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use geographic information systems skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
- optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held provide humanitarian aid optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
10 held skills the sergeant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist in military logistics skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
- not needed by the target role devise military tactics skill
- not needed by the target role ensure information security skill
- not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role military logistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform military operations skill
- not needed by the target role test safety strategies skill
- not needed by the target role write situation reports 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.
- optional, not held camouflage optional
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.