artillery officertoarmed forces officer
A artillery officer already meets 70% of what the armed forces officer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
35.2/ 100
1 Share of the armed forces officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the artillery officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A armed forces officer role treats 16 of its required skills as things a artillery officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- 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 4 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A armed forces officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a artillery officer background worth leading with.
- already held train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held assess danger in risk areas information skills
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held devise military tactics management skills
All 21 carried skills, including the 16 the armed forces officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held defend human rights required
- required, not held maintain operational communications required
- optional, not held conduct military music services optional
- optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
- optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
- required, not held arrange equipment repairs required
- required, not held manage troop deployment required
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a 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 skill · sector specific
- 02 defend human rights skill · sector specific
- 03 manage troop deployment skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 21 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 train military troops skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held assess danger in risk areas skill
- already held coordinate rescue missions skill
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
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 coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
8 held skills the armed forces officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role perform covert investigations skill
- not needed by the target role perform search and rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
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
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.