Occupation Atlasspecial forces officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1de91afd-9da2-47ab-a7e7-19bf931709a4
special forces officer
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.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply information security policies
- assess danger in risk areas
- camouflage
- develop investigation strategy
- devise military tactics
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- geographic information systems
- handle surveillance equipment
- identify security threats
- identify terrorism threats
- lead military troops
- maintain operational communications
- military code
- military combat techniques
- military drill
- military weaponry
- perform covert investigations
- perform military operations
- surveillance methods
- use different communication channels
- use geographic information systems
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