Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a colonel can go next

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

Colonels serve in the staff of a military commander, and function as primary advisers in operational and strategic decision-making to senior officers.

Also known as wing commander, battalion commander, lieutenant colonel.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
army major 77% covered lieutenant 77% covered sergeant 75% covered brigadier 70% covered army captain 68% covered colonel You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from colonel, 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 colonel 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 colonel 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
  • defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • devise military tactics management skills
  • military weaponry services
  • ensure information security assisting and caring
  • military code services
  • ensure compliance with policies management skills
  • maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • geographic information systems natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • use geographic information systems working with computers
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Colonel 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 colonel’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.