Where a sergeant can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sergeant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Sergeants command squads as a second in command. They allocate tasks and duties, supervise equipment, and ensure proper training of staff. They also advise commanding officers and perform support duties.
Also known as lance sergeant, quartermaster sergeant, staff sergeant, chief petty officer, colour sergeant, warrant officer, chief non-commissioned officer, adjutant, drill sergeant, army sargeant, police sargeant, petty officer.
Armed forces occupations 30 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: army major, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A sergeant 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.
- advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- monitor military equipment use information skills
- train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
- lead military troops management skills
- manage troop deployment management skills
- military drill services
- military combat techniques services
- military weaponry services
- military code services
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a sergeant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- army corporal 78% covered · difficulty 23.5
- military engineer 78% covered · difficulty 22.5
- army captain 75% covered · difficulty 24.8
- colonel 75% covered · difficulty 25
- armed forces training and education officer 72% covered · difficulty 28.7
- army major 70% covered · difficulty 30.7
- lieutenant 70% covered · difficulty 30.5
- army general 46% covered · difficulty 51.4
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Sergeant 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 a sergeant’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.