Where an aircraft assembler can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an aircraft assembler already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Aircraft assemblers use hand tools, power tools and other equipment such as CNC machines or robots to construct, fit and install prefabricated parts to manufacture fixed or rotary wing aircrafts and aircraft subassemblies such as flight controls, aircraft skins, rigging and other mechanical systems. They read and interpret blueprints. They operate control systems to determine functional performance of the assemblies and adjust accordingly.
Also known as flight control installer, plane assembler, aircraft rigging assembler, helicopter assembler, military aircraft assembler, aircraft mechanical systems installer, fixed wing aircraft, aircraft fitter, jet aircraft assembler, flight control assembler, aeroplane assembler, aircraft structure assembler.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: motor vehicle body assembler, 76%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An aircraft assembler needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- operate drill press working with machinery and specialised equipment
- assemble metal parts handling and moving
- aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- apply preliminary treatment to workpieces handling and moving
- common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
- use power tools handling and moving
- align components handling and moving
- fasten components handling and moving
- electromechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- use technical documentation information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aircraft assembler does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- aircraft engine assembler 77% covered · difficulty 27.1
- motor vehicle body assembler 73% covered · difficulty 31.9
- vessel engine assembler 70% covered · difficulty 35
- rolling stock assembler 69% covered · difficulty 35.8
- aircraft de-icer installer 57% covered · difficulty 46.4
- shipwright 48% covered · difficulty 54.9
- aircraft interior technician 46% covered · difficulty 56.7
- marine fitter 34% covered · difficulty 66.2
- fitter and turner 26% covered · difficulty 73
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Aircraft assembler is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 aircraft assembler’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.