coloneltobrigadier
A colonel already meets 70% of what the brigadier role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
31.1/ 100
1 Share of the brigadier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the colonel 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 brigadier role treats 10 of its required skills as things a colonel already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse potential threats against national security
- defend human rights
- devise military tactics
- ensure compliance with policies
- maintain operational communications
- manage administrative systems
What stands in the way is 3 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A brigadier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a colonel background worth leading with.
- already held analyse potential threats against national security information skills
- already held defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor military equipment use information skills
- already held devise military tactics management skills
- already held manage troop deployment management skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the brigadier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 6 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 manage military logistics required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held set organisational policies optional
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held military logistics required
- optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
- optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held advise on risk management optional
- optional, not held manage inspections of equipment optional
- optional, not held manage system security optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a brigadier role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure public safety and security skill · sector specific
- 02 manage military logistics skill · sector specific
- 03 military logistics 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held analyse potential threats against national security skill
- already held defend human rights skill
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure compliance with policies skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held perform resource planning skill
- already held advise superiors on military operations skill
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held monitor military equipment use skill
- already held write situation reports skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
- optional, not held manage system security optional
- optional, not held advise on risk management optional
- optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage inspections of equipment optional
- optional, not held set organisational policies optional
11 held skills the brigadier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role camouflage knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role identify terrorism threats skill
- not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead military troops skill
- not needed by the target role manage security clearance skill
- not needed by the target role military drill knowledge
- not needed by the target role train military troops skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems 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.
- required, not held military logistics required
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.