special forces officertoinfantry soldier
A special forces officer already meets 78% of what the infantry soldier role asks for. Every required skill of the target role is already in the profile.
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1 Share of the infantry soldier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the special forces officer 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 infantry soldier role treats 12 of its required skills as things a special forces officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- camouflage
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- execute working instructions
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A infantry soldier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a special forces officer background worth leading with.
- already held perform covert investigations information skills
- already held provide humanitarian aid assisting and caring
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held military drill services
- already held perform military operations assisting and caring
All 20 carried skills, including the 12 the infantry soldier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- optional, not held control crowd optional
- optional, not held detain offenders optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held restrain individuals optional
- optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 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 execute working instructions 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 perform military operations skill
- already held provide humanitarian aid skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held patrol areas skill
- already held perform covert investigations skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
- optional, not held control crowd optional
- optional, not held detain offenders optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held first aid optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held restrain individuals optional
- optional, not held undertake inspections optional
12 held skills the infantry soldier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
- not needed by the target role assess danger in risk areas skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate patrols skill
- not needed by the target role develop investigation strategy skill
- not needed by the target role devise military tactics skill
- not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role give battle commands skill
- not needed by the target role identify terrorism threats skill
- not needed by the target role lead military troops skill
- not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems 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 first aid optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
- optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
Other moves recorded from special forces officer
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.