Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

bomb disposal techniciantoinfantry soldier

A bomb disposal technician already meets 51% of what the infantry soldier role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From bomb disposal technician
51%
Overlap1
To infantry soldier
13 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
46.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46.7/ 100

1 Share of the infantry soldier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bomb disposal technician 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

Why this move works

A infantry soldier role treats 8 of its required skills as things a bomb disposal technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure compliance with types of weapons
  • ensure public safety and security
  • execute working instructions
  • handle surveillance equipment
  • perform military operations
  • provide humanitarian aid

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A infantry soldier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bomb disposal technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide humanitarian aid assisting and caring
  • already held perform military operations assisting and caring
  • already held military weaponry services
  • already held military code services
  • already held surveillance methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held ensure compliance with types of weapons assisting and caring

All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the infantry soldier role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 8 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 services 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held military combat techniques required
  • required, not held military drill required
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held identify security threats required
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held patrol areas optional
  • optional, not held practice vigilance optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held camouflage required
04 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
  • optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
05 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a infantry soldier 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held execute working instructions skill
  • already held handle surveillance equipment skill
  • already held perform military operations skill
  • already held provide humanitarian aid skill
  • already held surveillance methods knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held military code knowledge
  • already held military weaponry knowledge
  • already held operate radio equipment skill
  • already held read maps skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held first aid optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
  • optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force 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 first aid optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
16 held skills the infantry soldier role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise superiors on military operations skill
  • not needed by the target role assess danger in risk areas skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role demining operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disarm land mine skill
  • not needed by the target role explosives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role identify land mines skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with security authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
  • not needed by the target role manage emergency evacuation plans skill
  • not needed by the target role operate metal detection equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform demarcation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role pyrotechnic articles legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train animals for professional purposes skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held camouflage required
  • required, not held military combat techniques required
  • required, not held military drill required
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
Index

Other moves recorded from bomb disposal technician

Full index of moves from bomb disposal technician

Note

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.