Bomb disposal technician to squadron leader
A bomb disposal technician already meets 47% of what the squadron leader role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
49/ 100
1 How much of what a squadron leader 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 squadron leader role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A squadron leader role treats 5 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
- maintain operational communications
- operate radio equipment
- perform military operations
- provide humanitarian aid
What stands in the way is 5 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. A squadron leader 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 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 5 the squadron leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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 give battle commands required
- still to learn train military troops required
- still to learn manage troop deployment required
- still to learn lead military troops required
- still to learn military combat techniques required
- optional, not held military aviation optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held apply air force procedures optional
- optional, not held apply military aviation regulations optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
- optional, not held camouflage optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a squadron leader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage troop deployment practise this
- 02 give battle commands practise this
- 03 lead military troops 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 maintain operational communications skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held provide humanitarian aid skill
- already held assess danger in risk areas skill
- already held execute working instructions skill
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels 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
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held military aviation optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held apply air force procedures optional
- optional, not held apply military aviation regulations optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
17 held skills the squadron leader 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 ensure public safety and security 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 military weaponry knowledge
- 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
6 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 military combat techniques required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held military aviation optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
Common questions about this move
Can a bomb disposal technician become a squadron leader?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A bomb disposal technician already covers 47% of what a squadron leader is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 5 of which the squadron leader role treats as required.
What skills does a bomb disposal technician need to become a squadron leader?
5 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is manage troop deployment.
How hard is the move from bomb disposal technician to squadron leader?
Its learning distance is 49 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.