From infantry soldier to special forces officer
10 of the 22 essential skills of a special forces officer are already essential for a infantry soldier — about 45% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from infantry soldier in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 12
- would be new
- 45%
- of the target job covered
- 22
- essential skills of a special forces officer
What a special forces officer does
Special forces officers operate in specialised missions such as counter terrorism missions. They perform combat and intelligence missions in order to impede with enemy equipment and installations, and to gather information on enemy strategy and movement.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
12 skillsEssential for a special forces officer and not for a infantry soldier. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply information security policies
- assess danger in risk areas
- develop investigation strategy
- devise military tactics
- geographic information systems
- identify terrorism threats
- lead military troops
- maintain operational communications
- military code
- military weaponry
- perform covert investigations
- use geographic information systems
Other moves from infantry soldier
2 roles- navy officer10 skills in common
- artillery officer10 skills in common
← infantry soldierspecial forces officer →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a special forces officer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.