lieutenanttocolonel
A lieutenant already meets 71% of what the colonel role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
71%
29.4/ 100
1 Share of the colonel role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the lieutenant 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 colonel role treats 8 of its required skills as things a lieutenant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise superiors on military operations
- devise military tactics
- ensure compliance with policies
- ensure information security
- geographic information systems
- maintain operational communications
What stands in the way is 2 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 18 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 lieutenant background worth leading with.
- already held advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held devise military tactics management skills
- already held lead military troops management skills
- already held manage troop deployment management skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 8 the colonel role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 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 defend human rights required
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- 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
- optional, not held manage security clearance optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a colonel role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 defend human rights skill · sector specific
- 02 use geographic information systems skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held advise superiors on military operations skill
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure compliance with policies skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held camouflage knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military drill knowledge
- already held train military troops skill
- already held write situation reports skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse potential threats against national security optional
- optional, not held manage security clearance optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
8 held skills the colonel role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role give battle commands skill
- not needed by the target role instruct in military duties skill
- not needed by the target role monitor equipment condition skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role perform military operations skill
- not needed by the target role surveillance methods knowledge
- 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.
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
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.