Where a special forces officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a special forces officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Special forces officers operate in specialised missions such as counter terrorism missions. They perform combat and intelligence missions in order to impede with enemy equipment and installations, and to gather information on enemy strategy and movement.
Also known as air force officer, counter-terrorism officer, marine, airborne operations officer, commando, counter-insurgency officer, rapid response operative, unconventional warfare officer.
Armed forces occupations 32 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: army corporal, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A special forces officer needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- perform covert investigations information skills
- develop investigation strategy information skills
- assess danger in risk areas information skills
- camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- devise military tactics management skills
- identify terrorism threats information skills
- lead military troops management skills
- military drill services
- perform military operations assisting and caring
- military combat techniques services
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a special forces officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- military engineer 79% covered · difficulty 24.2
- navy officer 76% covered · difficulty 27.7
- artillery officer 72% covered · difficulty 32
- army corporal 66% covered · difficulty 38.7
- squadron leader 63% covered · difficulty 40.7
- infantry soldier 61% covered · difficulty 43
- air force officer 60% covered · difficulty 43.7
- bomb disposal technician 45% covered · difficulty 57.7
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Special forces officer 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 special forces officer’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.