Career profile Special Forces Officer

Table of Contents

• What does a Special Forces Officer do?
• What is a typical salary for a Special Forces Officer?
• What personality traits are common among Special Forces Officers?
  • Career Interests
  • Values
  • Psychological Demands
• What education and training do Special Forces Officers need?
  • Typical educational degrees
  • Required knowledge and expertise
  • Important abilities
  • Critical skills

What does a Special Forces Officer do?

Special Forces Officers lead elite teams that implement unconventional operations by air, land, or sea during combat or peacetime.

In addition, Special Forces Officers

• these activities include offensive raids, demolitions, reconnaissance, search and rescue, and counterterrorism,
• in addition to their combat training, special forces officers often have specialized training in swimming, diving, parachuting, survival, emergency medicine, and foreign languages,
• duties include directing advanced reconnaissance operations and evaluating intelligence information; recruiting, training, and equipping friendly forces; leading raids and invasions on enemy territories; training personnel to implement individual missions and contingency plans; performing strategic and tactical planning for politically sensitive missions; and operating sophisticated communications equipment.

What is a Special Forces Officer salary?

What personality traits are common among Special Forces Officers?

Interests

Career interests describe a person's preferences for different types of working environments and activities. When a person's interest match the demands of an occupation, people are usually more engaged and satisfied in that role.

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Values

People differ in their values, or what is most important to them for building job satisfaction and fulfillment.

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Psychological Demands

Each occupation brings its own set of psychological demands, which describe the characteristics necessary to perform the job well.

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What education and training do Special Forces Officers need?

Educational degrees among Special Forces Officers

Knowledge and expertise required by Special Forces Officers

Important Abilities needed by Special Forces Officers

Special Forces Officers must develop a particular set of abilities to perform their job well. Abilities are individual capacities that influence a person's information processing, sensory perception, motor coordination, and physical strength or endurance. Individuals may naturally have certain abilities without explicit training, but most abilities can be sharpened somewhat through practice.

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Critical Skills needed by Special Forces Officers

Skills are developed capacities that enable people to function effectively in real-world settings. Unlike abilities, skills are typically easier to build through practice and experience. Skills influence effectiveness in areas such as learning, working with others, design, troubleshooting, and more.

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What is the source of this information?

The information provided on this page is adapted from data and descriptions published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration under the CC BY 4.0 license. TraitLab has modified some information for ease of use and reading, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

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