Correctional services manager to army general
A correctional services manager already meets 37% of what the army general role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
58.5/ 100
1 How much of what an army general is expected to do is already part of a correctional services manager’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 army general role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An army general role treats 4 of its required skills as things a correctional services manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- maintain operational communications
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- set organisational policies
What stands in the way is 7 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An army general role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a correctional services manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage security clearance management skills
- already held ensure information security assisting and caring
- already held set organisational policies management skills
- already held conduct public presentations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain operational communications communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held undertake inspections information skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the army general role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 6 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 develop defence policies required
- still to learn manage administrative systems required
- still to learn manage military logistics required
- optional, not held manage troop deployment optional
- optional, not held devise military tactics optional
- still to learn ensure public safety and security required
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- still to learn analyse potential threats against national security required
- optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
- still to learn military logistics required
- still to learn defend human rights required
- optional, not held military code optional
- optional, not held military combat techniques optional
- optional, not held military drill optional
- optional, not held military weaponry optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an army general role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse potential threats against national security practise this
- 02 defend human rights practise this
- 03 develop defence policies 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held conduct public presentations skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held manage security clearance skill
- already held undertake inspections skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage troop deployment optional
- optional, not held apply health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held devise military tactics optional
- optional, not held military code optional
- optional, not held military combat techniques optional
- optional, not held military drill optional
- optional, not held military weaponry optional
- optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
20 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 apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the formulation of correctional procedures skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate patrols skill
- not needed by the target role correctional procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
- not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain logbooks skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
- not needed by the target role manage emergency procedures skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
- not needed by the target role supervise correctional procedures skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
5 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 logistics required
- optional, not held military code optional
- optional, not held military combat techniques optional
- optional, not held military drill optional
- optional, not held military weaponry optional
Other moves recorded from correctional services manager
Common questions about this move
Can a correctional services manager become an army general?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A correctional services manager already covers 37% of what an army general is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 4 of which the army general role treats as required.
What skills does a correctional services manager need to become an army general?
7 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is analyse potential threats against national security.
How hard is the move from correctional services manager to army general?
Its learning distance is 58.5 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.