Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a brigadier can go next

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

Brigadiers command large units of troops called brigades, oversee strategic and tactical planning, and monitor operations of their brigade. They manage the headquarters of the brigade's division and ensure correct operations of the division on base and in the field.

Also known as brigadier general, military brigadier, army brigadier, field officer, director of staff.

Armed forces occupations 27 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: army general, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
army general 80% covered colonel 68% covered army captain 61% covered army major 60% covered lieutenant 57% covered brigadier You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from brigadier, 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 a brigadier 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

A brigadier needs 13 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
  • 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
  • devise military tactics management skills
  • manage troop deployment management skills
  • military weaponry services
  • ensure compliance with policies management skills
  • maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage administrative systems management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Brigadier 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 a brigadier’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.