Where an infantry soldier can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an infantry soldier already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Infantry soldiers fight in combat missions or provide aid in peacekeeping missions and other humanitarian services. They handle weapons and provide defence services where they are required, and attempt to complete missions while causing minimal harm.
Also known as rifleman, army soldier, sniper, infantryman, foot soldier, military ranger.
Armed forces occupations 32 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: artillery officer, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An infantry soldier 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.
- provide humanitarian aid assisting and caring
- camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- military drill services
- perform military operations assisting and caring
- military combat techniques services
- surveillance methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- ensure compliance with types of weapons assisting and caring
- handle surveillance equipment assisting and caring
- identify security threats assisting and caring
- execute working instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an infantry soldier does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- artillery officer 78% covered · difficulty 21.7
- special forces officer 78% covered · difficulty 22
- warfare specialist 62% covered · difficulty 37.1
- squadron leader 62% covered · difficulty 37.6
- bomb disposal technician 51% covered · difficulty 46.7
- police officer 43% covered · difficulty 53.7
- security guard 41% covered · difficulty 55.2
- juvenile correctional officer 39% covered · difficulty 57.2
- prison officer 39% covered · difficulty 57.2
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Infantry soldier 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 infantry soldier’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.