coloneltoarmy captain
A colonel already meets 68% of what the army captain role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
68%
32.1/ 100
1 Share of the army captain role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the colonel 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 army captain role treats 9 of its required skills as things a colonel already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise superiors on military operations
- defend human rights
- devise military tactics
- manage troop deployment
- military code
- military combat techniques
What stands in the way is 3 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A army captain role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a colonel background worth leading with.
- already held analyse potential threats against national security information skills
- already held advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor military equipment use information skills
- already held train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held devise military tactics management skills
All 19 carried skills, including the 9 the army captain role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 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 assist in military logistics required
- optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- required, not held analyse logistic needs required
- optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
- required, not held military logistics required
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held perform military operations optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a army captain role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse logistic needs skill · sector specific
- 02 assist in military logistics skill · sector specific
- 03 military logistics knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held advise superiors on military operations skill
- already held defend human rights skill
- already held devise military tactics 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 analyse potential threats against national security skill
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held train military troops skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
- already held write situation reports skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
- optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- optional, not held perform military operations optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
9 held skills the army captain role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role camouflage knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role identify terrorism threats skill
- not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage security clearance skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role perform resource planning 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 military logistics 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.