Fleet commander to colonel
A fleet commander already meets 54% of what the colonel role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
43.9/ 100
1 How much of what a colonel is expected to do is already part of a fleet commander’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 colonel role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A colonel role treats 7 of its required skills as things a fleet commander already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- defend human rights
- devise military tactics
- ensure compliance with policies
- ensure information security
- maintain operational communications
- military code
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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A colonel role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fleet commander background worth leading with.
- already held defend human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held devise military tactics management skills
- already held lead military troops management skills
- already held manage troop deployment management skills
- already held military weaponry services
- already held military combat techniques services
All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the colonel role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 8 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 advise superiors on military operations required
- optional, not held train military troops optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
- still to learn geographic information systems required
- still to learn use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held analyse potential threats against national security optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held manage security clearance optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a colonel role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 geographic information systems study this
- 02 use geographic information systems practise this
- 03 advise superiors on military operations 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held defend human rights skill
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure compliance with policies skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
- optional, not held military drill optional
- optional, not held camouflage optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse potential threats against national security optional
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held manage security clearance optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held identify terrorism threats optional
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
- optional, not held military drill optional
- optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
- optional, not held train military troops optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
16 held skills the colonel role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse ship operations skill
- not needed by the target role apply navy operation procedures skill
- not needed by the target role assume responsibility for maintaining a safe ship environment skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the ship crew skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role ensure vessel security skill
- not needed by the target role inspect vessel skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage vessel fleet skill
- not needed by the target role maritime law knowledge
- not needed by the target role navy operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role review ship documentation skill
- not needed by the target role set organisational policies skill
- not needed by the target role ship related legislative requirements knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
- not needed by the target role train naval crew 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.
- still to learn geographic information systems required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
- optional, not held military drill optional
Other moves recorded from fleet commander
Common questions about this move
Can a fleet commander become a colonel?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A fleet commander already covers 54% of what a colonel is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 7 of which the colonel role treats as required.
What skills does a fleet commander need to become a colonel?
3 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is geographic information systems.
How hard is the move from fleet commander to colonel?
Its learning distance is 43.9 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.