Fleet commander to lieutenant
A fleet commander already meets 46% of what the lieutenant role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.5/ 100
1 How much of what a lieutenant 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 lieutenant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A lieutenant role treats 7 of its required skills as things a fleet commander already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure compliance with policies
- lead military troops
- maintain operational communications
- manage administrative systems
- military code
- military combat techniques
What stands in the way is 6 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 lieutenant 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 lead military troops management skills
- already held devise military tactics management skills
- already held manage troop deployment management skills
- already held military combat techniques services
- already held military weaponry services
- already held ensure information security assisting and caring
All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the lieutenant 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 instruct in military duties required
- still to learn advise superiors on military operations required
- still to learn train military troops required
- still to learn write situation reports required
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- still to learn surveillance methods required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- still to learn military drill required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held perform military operations optional
- optional, not held monitor equipment condition optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a lieutenant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 instruct in military duties practise this
- 02 advise superiors on military operations practise this
- 03 military drill study this
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 lead military troops skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- optional, not held identify security threats optional
- optional, not held monitor equipment condition optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held perform military operations optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
18 held skills the lieutenant 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 defend human rights 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 staff 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 military drill required
- still to learn surveillance methods required
- optional, not held camouflage optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
Other moves recorded from fleet commander
Common questions about this move
Can a fleet commander become a lieutenant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A fleet commander already covers 46% of what a lieutenant is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 7 of which the lieutenant role treats as required.
What skills does a fleet commander need to become a lieutenant?
6 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is instruct in military duties.
How hard is the move from fleet commander to lieutenant?
Its learning distance is 50.5 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.