Lieutenant to army major
A lieutenant already meets 75% of what the army major role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
24.4/ 100
1 How much of what an army major is expected to do is already part of a lieutenant’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 army major role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An army major role treats 9 of its required skills as things a lieutenant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise superiors on military operations
- give battle commands
- maintain operational communications
- manage troop deployment
- military code
- military combat techniques
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An army major role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lieutenant background worth leading with.
- already held advise superiors on military operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage troop deployment management skills
- already held military drill services
- already held devise military tactics management skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the army major role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 5 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 monitor military equipment use required
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
- optional, not held coordinate patrols optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held assist in military logistics optional
- optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
- optional, not held military logistics optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries an army major 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 · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held advise superiors on military operations skill
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held military drill knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held train military troops skill
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held ensure information security skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held write situation reports skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist in military logistics optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems 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 equipment availability optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held military logistics optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
8 held skills the army major role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role camouflage knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role instruct in military duties skill
- not needed by the target role monitor equipment condition skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held military logistics optional
Common questions about this move
Can a lieutenant become an army major?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A lieutenant already covers 75% of what an army major is expected to do: 18 skills carry over, 9 of which the army major role treats as required.
What skills does a lieutenant need to become an army major?
1 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is monitor military equipment use.
How hard is the move from lieutenant to army major?
Its learning distance is 24.4 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.