Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an air force officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an air force officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Air force officers specialise in flying or ground duties, and supervise a team of air force personnel. They coordinate their team's training and welfare, and perform duties specific to their area of specialisation.

Also known as command and control officer, military group captain, pilot officer, flight officer, flight lieutenant, royal airforce officer, air commodore, squadron leader.

Armed forces occupations 38 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: artillery officer, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
artillery officer 76% covered navy officer 70% covered armed forces officer 66% covered special forces officer 60% covered squadron leader 60% covered air force officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from air force officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an air force officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An air force officer needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • train air force crew communication, collaboration and creativity
  • collect real-time geolocation information information skills
  • air force operations services
  • apply air force procedures assisting and caring
  • apply military aviation regulations assisting and caring
  • military aviation services
  • camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • devise military tactics management skills
  • lead military troops management skills
  • military drill services
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an air force officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Air force officer is filed under Armed forces occupations, ISCO major group 0. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an air force officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.