Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

defence administration officertoarmy captain

A defence administration officer already meets 33% of what the army captain role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From defence administration officer
33%
Overlap1
To army captain
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
62 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62/ 100

1 Share of the army captain role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the defence administration officer 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

Why this move works

A army captain role treats 5 of its required skills as things a defence administration officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse logistic needs
  • assist in military logistics
  • military code
  • military logistics
  • monitor military equipment use

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A army captain role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a defence administration officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assist in military logistics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held supervise the maintenance of military equipment management skills
  • already held analyse logistic needs information skills
  • already held military logistics business, administration and law
  • already held monitor military equipment use information skills
  • already held ensure information security assisting and caring

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the army captain role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 services 3 required
  • required, not held military combat techniques required
  • required, not held military drill required
  • required, not held military weaponry required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held defend human rights required
  • required, not held advise superiors on military operations required
  • optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
  • optional, not held give battle commands optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held train military troops optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
03 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held manage troop deployment required
  • required, not held devise military tactics required
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
  • optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held lead military troops optional
04 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse potential threats against national security optional
  • optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
  • optional, not held test safety strategies optional
05 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held perform military operations optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a army captain 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse logistic needs skill
  • already held assist in military logistics skill
  • already held military code knowledge
  • already held military logistics knowledge
  • already held monitor military equipment use skill
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held ensure information security skill
  • already held supervise the maintenance of military equipment skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse potential threats against national security optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
  • optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
  • optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
  • optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held give battle commands optional
  • optional, not held lead military troops optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held perform military operations optional
  • optional, not held test safety strategies optional
  • optional, not held train military troops optional
  • optional, not held write situation reports optional
16 held skills the army captain role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
  • not needed by the target role document management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets 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 order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role personnel management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held military combat techniques required
  • required, not held military drill required
  • required, not held military weaponry required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from defence administration officer

Full index of moves from defence administration officer

Note

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.