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

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

Commercial pilots navigate flight of fixed-wing and multi-engine aircrafts for the transport of passengers and cargo.

Technicians and associate professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: air force pilot, 78%

air force pilot 78% covered airline transport pilot 78% covered helicopter pilot 76% covered co-pilot 68% covered aircraft pilot 68% covered commercial pilot You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from commercial pilot. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a commercial 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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commercial 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 commercial 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.