Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a lieutenant can go next

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

Lieutenants command troops of platoons of soldiers and lead them in training and discipline exercises. They also perform administrative duties, and function as advisers.

Also known as police lieutenant, armed forces lieutenant.

Armed forces occupations 26 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: army major, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
army major 75% covered colonel 71% covered sergeant 70% covered army corporal 70% covered squadron leader 67% covered lieutenant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from lieutenant, 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 lieutenant 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 lieutenant 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
  • instruct in military duties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
  • lead military troops management skills
  • military drill services
  • military combat techniques services
  • military weaponry services
  • military code services
  • write situation reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure compliance with policies management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Lieutenant 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 lieutenant’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.