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

warfare specialisttoinfantry soldier

A warfare specialist already meets 62% of what the infantry soldier role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From warfare specialist
62%
Overlap1
To infantry soldier
17 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
37.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

62%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

37.1/ 100

1 Share of the infantry soldier 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 infantry soldier role treats 9 of its required skills as things a warfare specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • camouflage
  • ensure compliance with types of weapons
  • execute working instructions
  • handle surveillance equipment
  • identify security threats
  • military combat techniques

What stands in the way is 3 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 17 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 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 camouflage engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held perform military operations assisting and caring
  • already held military combat techniques services
  • already held military weaponry services

All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the infantry soldier role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • required, not held provide humanitarian aid required
  • optional, not held control crowd optional
  • optional, not held detain offenders optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
  • optional, not held restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
02 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held military drill required
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
03 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist in ship maintenance optional
  • optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
04 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held read maps optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
06 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held first aid optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a infantry soldier 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held camouflage knowledge
  • already held ensure compliance with types of weapons 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 perform military operations 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 respond to enquiries skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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 restrain individuals optional
  • optional, not held undertake inspections optional
  • optional, not held use personal protection equipment optional
24 held skills the infantry soldier role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 computer simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role concepts of telecommunications knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate rescue missions skill
  • not needed by the target role create strategic maps skill
  • not needed by the target role devise military tactics 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 give battle commands skill
  • 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 lead military troops 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 surveillance radars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
  • not needed by the target role write situation reports skill
4 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 first aid optional
  • optional, not held law enforcement optional
  • optional, not held legal use-of-force optional
Index

Other moves recorded from warfare specialist

Full index of moves from warfare specialist

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.