Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a aircraft pilot can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a aircraft pilot already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Aircraft pilots control and navigate aircraft. They operate the mechanical and electrical systems of the aircraft and transport people, mail and freight.

Technicians and associate professionals 88 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: second officer, 82%

air traffic controller 63% covered airspace manager 61% covered aviation data communications … 58% covered second officer 82% covered air force officer 53% covered aircraft pilot You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from aircraft pilot. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a aircraft pilot already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Index

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aircraft pilot is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a aircraft pilot already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.