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British Army
Junior Officers
Code: RA-TC

Royal Artillery Troop Commander

Commissioned officer commanding a troop of guns or a surveillance and target acquisition element.

Role Details

Core Skills

  • • tactical leadership
  • • fire planning
  • • decision-making under pressure
  • • team leadership
  • • coordination with manoeuvre units

Responsibilities

  • • command a troop of guns or STA assets
  • • plan and coordinate fire support
  • • manage troop equipment and readiness
  • • liaise with forward observers and manoeuvre commanders
  • • develop junior NCOs

Equipment

  • • fire control IS
  • • gun systems
  • • tactical comms

Typical Clearance

SC

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Civilian Translations

Operations Manager

Project & Programme Management

84% Match

Commanding a troop, planning fire support and coordinating with other units maps to operations management.

Core Transferable Skills

people management
operational planning
coordination