Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an army general can go next

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

Army generals command large divisions of the army. They perform management duties, administrative duties, and planning and strategic duties. They develop policies for the improvement of the military and general defence, and ensure the nation's safety.

Also known as major general, general, lieutenant general, military general, armed forces general, general military.

Armed forces occupations 24 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: brigadier, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
brigadier 73% covered colonel 56% covered army captain 55% covered army major 54% covered sergeant 46% covered army general You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from army general, 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 army general 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 army general needs 11 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
  • develop defence policies management skills
  • manage military logistics management skills
  • analyse potential threats against national security information skills
  • military logistics business, administration and law
  • defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • set organisational policies management skills
  • maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage administrative systems management skills
  • ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
  • manage budgets management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Army general is filed under Armed forces occupations, ISCO major group 0. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an army general’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.