bomb disposal techniciantospecial forces officer
A bomb disposal technician already meets 45% of what the special forces officer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
57.7/ 100
1 Share of the special forces officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bomb disposal technician 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 special forces officer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a bomb disposal technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess danger in risk areas
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- handle surveillance equipment
- maintain operational communications
- military code
What stands in the way is 12 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special 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 provide humanitarian aid assisting and caring
- 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
All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the special forces officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 9 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 perform covert investigations required
- required, not held develop investigation strategy required
- required, not held identify terrorism threats required
- required, not held apply information security policies required
- required, not held identify security threats required
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held practice vigilance optional
- required, not held devise military tactics required
- required, not held lead military troops required
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- required, not held military combat techniques required
- required, not held military drill required
- required, not held camouflage required
- required, not held geographic information systems required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a special forces officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply information security policies skill · sector specific
- 02 camouflage knowledge · sector specific
- 03 geographic information systems knowledge · 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held assess danger in risk areas 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 maintain operational communications skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held execute working instructions skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held provide humanitarian aid skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held practice vigilance optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
15 held skills the special 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 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 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.
- required, not held camouflage required
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held military combat techniques required
- required, not held military drill required
Other moves recorded from bomb disposal technician
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.