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Where an air traffic safety technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an air traffic safety technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Air traffic safety technicians provide technical support regarding the safety of air traffic control and navigation systems. They design, maintain, install and operate these systems both in the airport and on board the aeroplane according to regulations.

Also known as air traffic safety electronics hardware specialist, air traffic safety electronics technician, air traffic safety electronics engineer, air traffic safety electronics software specialist, air traffic safety hardware specialist, air traffic safety software specialist, air traffic safety engineer.

Technicians and associate professionals 55 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: second officer, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
second officer 39% covered airspace manager 34% covered air traffic controller 33% covered private pilot 30% covered airline transport pilot 30% covered air traffic safety techni… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from air traffic safety technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an air traffic safety technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An air traffic safety technician needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assist in the conducting of flight checks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • carry out preventive airport maintenance constructing
  • implement safety management systems assisting and caring
  • monitor customer safety on apron assisting and caring
  • follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety assisting and caring
  • airport electrical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • surveillance radars engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • implement airside safety procedures assisting and caring
  • airport safety regulations services
  • operate radar equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
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Air traffic safety technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an air traffic safety technician’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.