Bomb disposal technician to armed forces officer
A bomb disposal technician already meets 42% of what the armed forces officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.9/ 100
1 How much of what an armed forces officer is expected to do is already part of a bomb disposal technician’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 10 of its required skills as things a bomb disposal technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- handle surveillance equipment
- maintain operational communications
- military code
- military weaponry
What stands in the way is 10 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 12 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 a bomb disposal technician background worth leading with.
- already held assess danger in risk areas information skills
- already held perform military operations assisting and caring
- already held military weaponry services
- already held military code services
- already held surveillance methods engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons assisting and caring
All 12 carried skills, including the 10 the armed forces officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 9 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 arrange equipment repairs required
- still to learn manage troop deployment required
- still to learn devise military tactics required
- still to learn lead military troops required
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- still to learn defend human rights required
- still to learn train military troops 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 give battle commands optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
- still to learn military combat techniques required
- still to learn military drill required
- still to learn identify security threats required
- still to learn camouflage required
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
3 further areas 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 camouflage study this
- 03 defend human rights 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 12 skills that carry over
- 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 maintain operational communications skill
- already held military code 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 assess danger in risk areas skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
13 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 coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
17 held skills the armed forces officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise superiors on military operations skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role demining operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role disarm land mine skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role explosives knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role identify land mines skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with security authorities skill
- not needed by the target role manage emergency evacuation plans skill
- not needed by the target role operate metal detection equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform demarcation skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role provide humanitarian aid skill
- not needed by the target role pyrotechnic articles legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role train animals for professional purposes skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn camouflage required
- still to learn military combat techniques required
- still to learn military drill required
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
Other moves recorded from bomb disposal technician
Common questions about this move
Can a bomb disposal technician become an armed forces officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A bomb disposal technician already covers 42% of what an armed forces officer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 10 of which the armed forces officer role treats as required.
What skills does a bomb disposal technician need to become an armed forces officer?
10 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is arrange equipment repairs.
How hard is the move from bomb disposal technician to armed forces officer?
Its learning distance is 59.9 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.