brigadiertoarmy general
A brigadier already meets 80% of what the army general role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
This move: 19.7 of 100 · adjacent
1 Share of the army general role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the brigadier 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A army general role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a brigadier background worth leading with.
- already held manage military logistics management skills
- already held analyse potential threats against national security information skills
- already held military logistics business, administration and law
- already held defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor military equipment use information skills
- already held devise military tactics management skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the army general role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 5 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 develop defence policies required
- optional, not held manage security clearance optional
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- optional, not held military drill optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a army general 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held analyse potential threats against national security skill
- already held defend human rights skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage military logistics skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held military logistics knowledge
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held monitor military equipment use skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage security clearance optional
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held military drill optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
10 held skills the army general role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
- not needed by the target role advise superiors on military operations skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role instruct in military duties skill
- not needed by the target role manage inspections of equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage system security skill
- not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
- not needed by the target role write situation reports skill
1 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 military drill optional
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.