Infantry soldier to navy officer
An infantry soldier already meets 49% of what the navy officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
54/ 100
1 How much of what a navy officer is expected to do is already part of an infantry soldier’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 navy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A navy officer role treats 11 of its required skills as things an infantry soldier already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- camouflage
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
- military combat techniques
What stands in the way is 9 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A navy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an infantry soldier background worth leading with.
- already held provide humanitarian aid assisting and caring
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held military drill services
- already held perform military operations assisting and caring
- already held military combat techniques services
- already held military weaponry services
All 14 carried skills, including the 11 the navy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 coordinate the ship crew required
- still to learn coordinate rescue missions required
- still to learn devise military tactics required
- still to learn lead military troops required
- optional, not held manage troop deployment optional
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- still to learn train naval crew required
- still to learn coordinate humanitarian aid missions required
- still to learn give instructions to staff required
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- still to learn apply navy operation procedures required
- optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
- still to learn navy operations required
- optional, not held analyse ship operations optional
- optional, not held ensure vessel security optional
- optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a navy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply navy operation procedures practise this
- 02 coordinate the ship crew practise this
- 03 navy operations 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held camouflage knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military drill knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held patrol areas skill
- already held provide humanitarian aid skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse ship operations optional
- optional, not held ensure vessel security optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held manage troop deployment optional
- optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- optional, not held give battle commands optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
18 held skills the navy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist in ship maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role control crowd skill
- not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- 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 operate armoured fighting vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform covert investigations skill
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
- not needed by the target role use personal protection 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.
- still to learn navy operations required
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
Common questions about this move
Can an infantry soldier become a navy officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An infantry soldier already covers 49% of what a navy officer is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 11 of which the navy officer role treats as required.
What skills does an infantry soldier need to become a navy officer?
9 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is apply navy operation procedures.
How hard is the move from infantry soldier to navy officer?
Its learning distance is 54 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.