defence administration officertobrigadier
A defence administration officer already meets 38% of what the brigadier role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
38%
58.8/ 100
1 Share of the brigadier 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 this move works
A brigadier role treats 5 of its required skills as things a defence administration officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure compliance with policies
- manage administrative systems
- manage military logistics
- manage staff
- military logistics
What stands in the way is 8 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 10 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 defence administration officer background worth leading with.
- already held manage military logistics management 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
- already held military code services
- already held ensure compliance with policies management skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the brigadier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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 defend human rights required
- required, not held maintain operational communications required
- optional, not held instruct in military duties optional
- optional, not held advise superiors on military operations optional
- optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
- required, not held analyse potential threats against national security required
- required, not held perform resource planning required
- optional, not held advise on risk management optional
- optional, not held manage inspections of equipment optional
- required, not held manage troop deployment required
- required, not held devise military tactics required
- optional, not held set organisational policies optional
- required, not held military weaponry required
- optional, not held military combat techniques optional
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- 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 analyse potential threats against national security skill · sector specific
- 02 defend human rights skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure public safety and security skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held ensure compliance with policies skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held manage military logistics skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held military logistics knowledge
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held monitor military equipment use skill
9 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 advise superiors on military operations optional
- optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held manage inspections of equipment optional
- optional, not held military combat techniques optional
- optional, not held set organisational policies optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
14 held skills the brigadier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse logistic needs skill
- not needed by the target role assist in military logistics skill
- 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 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 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
- not needed by the target role supervise the maintenance of military equipment skill
2 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 weaponry required
- optional, not held military combat techniques optional
Other moves recorded from defence administration officer
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.