Where an air force pilot can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an air force pilot already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Air force pilots operate aircrafts in combat missions, patrol missions, or search and rescue missions. They ensure aircraft maintenance, and communicate with air force bases and other vessels to ensure safety and efficiency in operations.
Also known as navy pilot, armed forces pilot, military aircraft driver, naval pilot, aircrew pilot, military pilot.
Armed forces occupations 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: commercial pilot, 71%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An air force pilot needs 35 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- collect real-time geolocation information information skills
- air force operations services
- apply air force procedures assisting and caring
- apply military aviation regulations assisting and caring
- military aviation services
- execute flight plans communication, collaboration and creativity
- surveillance radars engineering, manufacturing and construction
- apply signalling control procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
- undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements assisting and caring
- ensure ongoing compliance with regulations assisting and caring
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an air force pilot does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- commercial pilot 78% covered · difficulty 30.7
- helicopter pilot 73% covered · difficulty 36.3
- airline transport pilot 72% covered · difficulty 37.2
- co-pilot 72% covered · difficulty 37.2
- private pilot 72% covered · difficulty 37.4
- intelligence communications interceptor 43% covered · difficulty 65.4
- drone pilot 36% covered · difficulty 71.4
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Air force pilot is filed under Armed forces occupations, ISCO major group 0. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an air force pilot’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.