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

fleet commandertoarmy general

A fleet commander already meets 59% of what the army general role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fleet commander
59%
Overlap1
To army general
13 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
39.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

39.6/ 100

1 Share of the army general role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fleet commander 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 army general role treats 7 of its required skills as things a fleet commander already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • defend human rights
  • ensure public safety and security
  • maintain operational communications
  • manage administrative systems
  • manage budgets
  • manage staff

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 army general role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fleet commander background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held devise military tactics management skills
  • already held manage troop deployment management skills
  • already held military combat techniques services
  • already held military weaponry services
  • already held ensure information security assisting and caring

All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the army general role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop defence policies required
  • required, not held manage military logistics required
  • optional, not held manage security clearance optional
02 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse potential threats against national security required
  • optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held military logistics required
04 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held military drill optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a army general 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 defend human rights skill
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held manage administrative systems skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held set organisational policies skill
  • already held devise military tactics skill
  • already held ensure information security skill
  • already held manage troop deployment skill
  • already held military code knowledge
  • already held military combat techniques knowledge
  • already held military weaponry knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage security clearance optional
  • optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held military drill optional
  • optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
15 held skills the army general role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse ship operations skill
  • not needed by the target role apply navy operation procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role assume responsibility for maintaining a safe ship environment skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate the ship crew skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure vessel security skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect vessel skill
  • not needed by the target role lead military troops skill
  • not needed by the target role manage vessel fleet skill
  • not needed by the target role maritime law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role navy operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role review ship documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role ship related legislative requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
  • not needed by the target role train naval crew skill
2 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 logistics required
  • optional, not held military drill 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.