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Special forces officer

Code 0210.3

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.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • military weaponry
  • camouflage
  • military code
  • military drill
  • surveillance methods
  • geographic information systems
  • military combat techniques

Skills and competences

  • apply information security policies
  • devise military tactics
  • develop investigation strategy
  • assess danger in risk areas
  • ensure compliance with types of weapons
  • ensure public safety and security
  • identify security threats
  • identify terrorism threats
  • perform covert investigations
  • maintain operational communications
  • handle surveillance equipment
  • perform military operations
  • use different communication channels
  • use geographic information systems

Transversal competences

  • lead military troops

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences