Artillery officer to infantry soldier
An artillery officer already meets 78% of what the infantry soldier role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
21.7/ 100
1 How much of what an infantry soldier is expected to do is already part of an artillery 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 infantry soldier role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An infantry soldier role treats 11 of its required skills as things an artillery officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- camouflage
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- execute working instructions
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An infantry soldier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an artillery officer background worth leading with.
- already held perform covert investigations information skills
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held military drill services
- already held perform military operations assisting and caring
- already held military combat techniques services
All 22 carried skills, including the 11 the infantry soldier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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 provide humanitarian aid required
- optional, not held control crowd optional
- optional, not held detain offenders optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held restrain individuals optional
- optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries an infantry soldier role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 22 skills that carry over
- already held camouflage knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held execute working instructions skill
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military drill knowledge
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held legal use-of-force knowledge
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held patrol areas skill
- already held perform covert investigations skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held undertake inspections skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
- optional, not held control crowd optional
- optional, not held detain offenders optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held restrain individuals optional
7 held skills the infantry soldier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess danger in risk areas skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role devise military tactics skill
- not needed by the target role give battle commands skill
- not needed by the target role lead military troops skill
- not needed by the target role perform search and rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role train military troops skill
2 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 first aid optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
Common questions about this move
Can an artillery officer become an infantry soldier?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. An artillery officer already covers 78% of what an infantry soldier is expected to do: 22 skills carry over, 11 of which the infantry soldier role treats as required.
What skills does an artillery officer need to become an infantry soldier?
1 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is provide humanitarian aid.
How hard is the move from artillery officer to infantry soldier?
Its learning distance is 21.7 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.