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

infantry soldiertoarmed forces officer

A infantry soldier already meets 54% of what the armed forces officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From infantry soldier
54%
Overlap1
To armed forces officer
15 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
49.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.5/ 100

1 Share of the armed forces officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the infantry soldier 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 armed forces officer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a infantry soldier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • camouflage
  • ensure compliance with types of weapons
  • ensure public safety and security
  • handle surveillance equipment
  • identify security threats
  • military code

What stands in the way is 7 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A armed forces officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a infantry soldier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate armoured fighting vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held military drill services
  • already held perform military operations assisting and caring
  • already held military combat techniques services
  • already held military weaponry services

All 15 carried skills, including the 13 the armed forces officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held arrange equipment repairs required
  • required, not held manage troop deployment required
  • required, not held devise military tactics required
  • required, not held lead military troops 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 ensure equipment availability optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held defend human rights required
  • required, not held maintain operational communications required
  • required, not held train military troops required
  • optional, not held conduct military music services optional
  • optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
  • optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
  • optional, not held give battle commands optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
03 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
  • optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
05 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a armed forces officer 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 camouflage knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held handle surveillance equipment skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held military code knowledge
  • already held military combat techniques knowledge
  • already held military drill knowledge
  • already held military weaponry knowledge
  • already held operate radio equipment skill
  • already held perform military operations skill
  • already held surveillance methods knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held operate armoured fighting vehicles skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct military music services optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
  • optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems 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 ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held give battle commands optional
  • optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
17 held skills the armed forces officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist in ship maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role control crowd skill
  • not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
  • not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
  • not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
  • not needed by the target role perform covert investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
  • not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
  • not needed by the target role provide humanitarian aid skill
  • not needed by the target role read maps skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
  • not needed by the target role undertake inspections 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from infantry soldier

Full index of moves from infantry soldier

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.