Bomb disposal technician to special 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.
57.7/ 100
1 How much of what a special 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 special forces officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A special 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.
- 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 may need to learn
The 18 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 perform covert investigations required
- still to learn develop investigation strategy required
- still to learn identify terrorism threats required
- still to learn apply information security policies required
- still to learn identify security threats required
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held practice vigilance optional
- still to learn devise military tactics required
- still to learn lead military troops required
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- still to learn military combat techniques required
- still to learn military drill required
- still to learn camouflage required
- still to learn 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 practise this
- 02 camouflage study this
- 03 geographic information systems study this
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
- still to learn 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.
- still to learn camouflage required
- still to learn geographic information systems required
- still to learn military combat techniques required
- still to learn military drill required
Other moves recorded from bomb disposal technician
Common questions about this move
Can a bomb disposal technician become a special forces officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A bomb disposal technician already covers 45% of what a special forces officer is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 10 of which the special forces officer role treats as required.
What skills does a bomb disposal technician need to become a special forces officer?
12 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is apply information security policies.
How hard is the move from bomb disposal technician to special forces officer?
Its learning distance is 57.7 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.