Where an army captain can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an army captain already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Army captains aid in the supervision of large units of soldiers, as well as perform planning and strategic duties in tactical operations. They also ensure equipment maintenance and provide support in logistic matters as well as support during operations.
Also known as captain armed services, armed forces captain, armed services captain, captain armed forces, captain royal marines, troop commander, company commander, battery commander, army chief officer.
Armed forces occupations 30 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: colonel, 77%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An army captain needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- assist in military logistics communication, collaboration and creativity
- analyse logistic needs information skills
- military logistics business, administration and law
- advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- monitor military equipment use information skills
- devise military tactics management skills
- manage troop deployment management skills
- military drill services
- military combat techniques services
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an army captain does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- military engineer 78% covered · difficulty 23.7
- armed forces training and education officer 76% covered · difficulty 26.2
- colonel 68% covered · difficulty 32.1
- armed forces officer 67% covered · difficulty 33.3
- brigadier 61% covered · difficulty 39.3
- army general 55% covered · difficulty 44.1
- defence administration officer 33% covered · difficulty 62
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Army captain is filed under Armed forces occupations, ISCO major group 0. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an army captain’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.