Air force officer to armed forces officer
An air force officer already meets 66% of what the armed forces officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
38.8/ 100
1 How much of what an armed forces officer is expected to do is already part of an air force officer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the armed forces officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An armed forces officer role treats 15 of its required skills as things an air force officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- camouflage
- devise military tactics
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An armed forces officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an air force officer background worth leading with.
- already held coordinate humanitarian aid missions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held coordinate patrols management skills
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held devise military tactics management skills
- already held lead military troops management skills
All 20 carried skills, including the 15 the armed forces officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn defend human rights required
- still to learn maintain operational communications required
- still to learn train military troops required
- optional, not held conduct military music services optional
- optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
- still to learn arrange equipment repairs required
- still to learn manage troop deployment required
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an armed forces officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 arrange equipment repairs practise this
- 02 defend human rights practise this
- 03 manage troop deployment practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held camouflage knowledge
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military drill knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
- already held coordinate patrols skill
- already held coordinate rescue missions skill
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held write situation reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct military music services optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
18 held skills the armed forces officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role air force operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply air force procedures skill
- not needed by the target role apply military aviation regulations skill
- not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect real-time geolocation information skill
- not needed by the target role communicate in air traffic services skill
- not needed by the target role create a flight plan skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations skill
- not needed by the target role execute flight plans skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role military aviation knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate cockpit control panels skill
- not needed by the target role perform flight manoeuvres skill
- not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
- not needed by the target role train air force crew skill
- not needed by the target role undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements skill
- not needed by the target role visual flight rules knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
Common questions about this move
Can an air force officer become an armed forces officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An air force officer already covers 66% of what an armed forces officer is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 15 of which the armed forces officer role treats as required.
What skills does an air force officer need to become an armed forces officer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is arrange equipment repairs.
How hard is the move from air force officer to armed forces officer?
Its learning distance is 38.8 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.