Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an aircraft pilot can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an 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.

Also known as aircraft first officer, aeroplane pilot, aircraft captain, aircraft second officer, helicopter pilot, cargoplane first officer, aeroplane captain, helicopter chief pilot, cargoplane pilot.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from aircraft pilot, 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 aircraft pilot already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An aircraft pilot 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
  • 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
  • implement airside safety procedures assisting and caring
  • perform take off and landing working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • read 3D displays information skills
  • visual flight rules services
  • operate two-way radio systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • civil aviation regulations services
  • ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aircraft pilot does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an aircraft 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.