brigadiertolieutenant
A brigadier already meets 57% of what the lieutenant role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
40.3/ 100
1 Share of the lieutenant 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.
Why this move works
A lieutenant role treats 9 of its required skills as things a brigadier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise superiors on military operations
- ensure compliance with policies
- instruct in military duties
- maintain operational communications
- manage administrative systems
- military code
What stands in the way is 4 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 lieutenant 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 instruct in military duties communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held devise military tactics management skills
- already held manage troop deployment management skills
- already held military combat techniques services
- already held military weaponry services
All 12 carried skills, including the 9 the lieutenant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 train military troops required
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- required, not held surveillance methods required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- required, not held lead military troops required
- required, not held military drill required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held perform military operations optional
- optional, not held monitor equipment condition optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a lieutenant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 lead military troops skill · cross sector
- 02 military drill knowledge · cross sector
- 03 surveillance methods knowledge · cross sector
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 advise superiors on military operations skill
- already held ensure compliance with policies skill
- already held instruct in military duties skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held write situation reports skill
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held monitor equipment condition optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held perform military operations optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
15 held skills the lieutenant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
- not needed by the target role analyse potential threats against national security skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
- not needed by the target role defend human rights skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage inspections of equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage military logistics skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage system security skill
- not needed by the target role military logistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor military equipment use skill
- not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
- not needed by the target role set organisational policies 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 military drill required
- required, not held surveillance methods required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems 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.