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

fleet commandertocolonel

A fleet commander already meets 54% of what the colonel role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fleet commander
54%
Overlap1
To colonel
12 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
43.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.9/ 100

1 Share of the colonel 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 colonel 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
  • devise military tactics
  • ensure compliance with policies
  • ensure information security
  • maintain operational communications
  • military code

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A colonel 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 lead military troops management skills
  • already held manage troop deployment management skills
  • already held military weaponry services
  • already held military combat techniques services

All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the colonel role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advise superiors on military operations required
  • optional, not held train military troops optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held geographic information systems required
03 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use geographic information systems required
04 information skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse potential threats against national security optional
  • optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
  • optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
05 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage security clearance optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a colonel 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held defend human rights skill
  • already held devise military tactics skill
  • already held ensure compliance with policies skill
  • already held ensure information security skill
  • already held maintain operational communications skill
  • already held military code knowledge
  • already held military weaponry knowledge
  • already held lead military troops skill
  • already held manage administrative systems skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held manage troop deployment skill
  • already held military combat techniques knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held military drill optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held camouflage optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse potential threats against national security optional
  • optional, not held camouflage optional
  • optional, not held manage security clearance optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held military drill optional
  • optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
  • optional, not held train military troops optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
16 held skills the colonel 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 public safety and security 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 manage budgets 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 set organisational policies 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
4 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 geographic information systems required
  • optional, not held camouflage optional
  • optional, not held investigation research methods optional
  • optional, not held military drill optional
Index

Other moves recorded from fleet commander

Full index of moves from fleet commander

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.