Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an army major can go next

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

Army majors command large units of officers and soldiers, supervise their training, and oversee their wellfare. They also supervise their administration, and equipment management.

Also known as battalion commandant, military major, armed forces major, lieutenant commander, major, army commandant.

Armed forces occupations 28 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: lieutenant, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
lieutenant 77% covered colonel 73% covered sergeant 70% covered squadron leader 59% covered armed forces officer 59% covered army major You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from army major, 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 major 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 major needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor military equipment use information skills
  • train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
  • give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage troop deployment management skills
  • military drill services
  • military combat techniques services
  • military weaponry services
  • military code services
  • maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Army major 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 major’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.