lieutenanttosquadron leader
A lieutenant already meets 67% of what the squadron leader role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
67%
30.5/ 100
1 Share of the squadron leader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the lieutenant 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 squadron leader role treats 9 of its required skills as things a lieutenant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- give battle commands
- lead military troops
- maintain operational communications
- manage troop deployment
- 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A squadron leader 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 train military troops communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held lead military troops management skills
- already held manage troop deployment management skills
- already held perform military operations assisting and caring
All 14 carried skills, including the 9 the squadron leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 7 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 provide humanitarian aid required
- optional, not held apply air force procedures optional
- optional, not held apply military aviation regulations optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
- optional, not held execute working instructions optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held military aviation optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
- optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a squadron leader 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held manage troop deployment skill
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held train military troops skill
- already held camouflage knowledge
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held military aviation optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held apply air force procedures optional
- optional, not held apply military aviation regulations optional
- optional, not held assess danger in risk areas optional
- optional, not held execute working instructions optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
- optional, not held operate armoured fighting vehicles optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
12 held skills the squadron leader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise superiors on military operations skill
- not needed by the target role devise military tactics skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role ensure information security skill
- not needed by the target role instruct in military duties skill
- not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
- not needed by the target role military drill knowledge
- not needed by the target role military weaponry knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor equipment condition skill
- not needed by the target role patrol areas skill
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
- not needed by the target role write situation reports skill
3 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 aviation optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
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.