Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

warfare specialisttoartillery officer

A warfare specialist already meets 79% of what the artillery officer role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From warfare specialist
79%
Overlap1
To artillery officer
21 Skills carried over
2 Required, not held
21.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

79%

Learning distance Short step

21.9/ 100

1 Share of the artillery officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the warfare specialist 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

Why this move works

A artillery officer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a warfare specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • camouflage
  • devise military tactics
  • ensure compliance with types of weapons
  • handle surveillance equipment
  • identify security threats
  • lead military troops

What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A artillery officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a warfare specialist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 21 carried skills, including the 13 the artillery officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
02 services 1 required
  • required, not held military drill required
03 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held read maps optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held train military troops optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a artillery officer 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held camouflage knowledge
  • already held devise military tactics skill
  • already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
  • already held handle surveillance equipment skill
  • already held identify security threats skill
  • already held lead military troops skill
  • already held military combat techniques knowledge
  • already held military weaponry knowledge
  • already held operate armoured fighting vehicles skill
  • already held operate radio equipment skill
  • already held perform military operations skill
  • already held surveillance methods knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held assess danger in risk areas skill
  • already held coordinate rescue missions skill
  • already held execute working instructions skill
  • already held give battle commands skill
  • already held military code knowledge
  • already held patrol areas skill
  • already held perform covert investigations skill
  • already held practice vigilance skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
  • optional, not held read maps optional
  • optional, not held train military troops optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
20 held skills the artillery officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role concepts of telecommunications knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create strategic maps skill
  • not needed by the target role electromagnetic spectrum knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic and telecommunication equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure information security skill
  • not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify terrorism threats skill
  • not needed by the target role interfere with enemy communications skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
  • not needed by the target role manage troop deployment skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor surveillance equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate radar equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operational research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role surveillance radars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
  • not needed by the target role write situation reports 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held military drill required
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
Index
Note

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.