navy officertoartillery officer
A navy officer already meets 76% of what the artillery officer role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
76%
24.5/ 100
1 Share of the artillery officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the navy officer 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 artillery officer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a navy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- camouflage
- devise military tactics
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A artillery officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a navy officer background worth leading with.
- already held assess danger in risk areas information skills
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held devise military tactics management skills
- already held lead military troops management skills
- already held military drill services
All 19 carried skills, including the 13 the artillery officer 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 operate armoured fighting vehicles required
- required, not held operate radio equipment required
- optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- optional, not held practice vigilance optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held execute working instructions optional
- optional, not held train military troops optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a artillery officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate armoured fighting vehicles skill · cross sector
- 02 operate radio equipment skill · 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 camouflage knowledge
- already held devise military tactics skill
- 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 lead military troops skill
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military drill knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held assess danger in risk areas skill
- already held coordinate rescue missions skill
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held patrol areas skill
- already held perform search and rescue missions skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform covert investigations optional
- optional, not held execute working instructions optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
- optional, not held practice vigilance optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- optional, not held train military troops optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
14 held skills the artillery officer role does not ask for
- 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 coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate patrols skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the ship crew skill
- not needed by the target role ensure vessel security skill
- not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
- not needed by the target role manage troop deployment skill
- not needed by the target role navy operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide humanitarian aid skill
- not needed by the target role train naval crew skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems 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 legal use-of-force 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.