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

brigadiertoarmy major

A brigadier already meets 60% of what the army major role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From brigadier
60%
Overlap1
To army major
15 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
37.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 37.3

This move: 37.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the army major role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the brigadier 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A army major role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a brigadier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held military logistics business, administration and law
  • already held advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor military equipment use information skills
  • already held coordinate humanitarian aid missions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage troop deployment management skills
  • already held devise military tactics management skills

All 15 carried skills, including the 7 the army major role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held give battle commands required
  • required, not held train military troops required
  • optional, not held assist in military logistics optional
02 services 1 required
  • required, not held military drill required
03 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
  • optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held lead military troops optional
04 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held perform military operations optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held surveillance methods optional
06 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held test safety strategies optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a army major 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise superiors on military operations skill
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held manage troop deployment skill
  • already held military code knowledge
  • already held military combat techniques knowledge
  • already held military weaponry knowledge
  • already held monitor military equipment use skill
  • already held coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
  • already held devise military tactics skill
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held ensure information security skill
  • already held manage administrative systems skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held military logistics knowledge
  • already held write situation reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist in military logistics optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
  • optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held lead military troops optional
  • optional, not held perform military operations optional
  • optional, not held surveillance methods optional
  • optional, not held test safety strategies optional
12 held skills the army major role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse potential threats against national security skill
  • not needed by the target role defend human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role instruct in military duties skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage inspections of equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage military logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage system security skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role set organisational policies skill
3 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 military drill required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held surveillance methods optional
Index
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.