special forces officertowarfare specialist
A special forces officer already meets 67% of what the warfare specialist role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
36.2/ 100
1 Share of the warfare specialist 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 warfare specialist role treats 11 of its required skills as things a special forces officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess danger in risk areas
- devise military tactics
- geographic information systems
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
- lead military troops
What stands in the way is 4 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A warfare specialist 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 operate armoured fighting vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held assess danger in risk areas information skills
- already held camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held give battle commands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held devise military tactics management skills
All 26 carried skills, including the 11 the warfare specialist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 8 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 manage troop deployment required
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held create strategic maps optional
- required, not held ensure information security required
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- required, not held operate radar equipment required
- optional, not held interfere with enemy communications optional
- required, not held operational research required
- optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
- optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held surveillance radars optional
- optional, not held monitor surveillance equipment optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a warfare specialist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage troop deployment skill · sector specific
- 02 ensure information security skill · cross sector
- 03 operate radar equipment skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 26 skills that carry over
- already held assess danger in risk areas skill
- already held devise military tactics skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held identify security threats skill
- already held lead military troops skill
- already held military weaponry knowledge
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held surveillance methods knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
- already held apply information security policies skill
- already held camouflage knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held execute working instructions skill
- already held give battle commands skill
- already held identify terrorism threats skill
- already held maintain operational communications skill
- already held military code knowledge
- already held military combat techniques knowledge
- already held operate armoured fighting vehicles skill
- already held patrol areas skill
- already held perform covert investigations skill
- already held perform military operations skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held write situation reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
- optional, not held electromagnetic spectrum optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interfere with enemy communications optional
- optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
- optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held surveillance radars optional
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held create strategic maps optional
- optional, not held electromagnetic spectrum optional
- optional, not held monitor surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
6 held skills the warfare specialist role does not ask for
- 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 ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role military drill knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide humanitarian aid skill
- not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held operational research required
- optional, not held concepts of telecommunications optional
- optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
- optional, not held electronics principles optional
- optional, not held surveillance radars optional
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
- optional, not held electromagnetic spectrum 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.