Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as captain, airline pilot, pilot of commercial aircraft, pilot of commercial aeroplanes.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from commercial 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 a commercial 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

A commercial pilot needs 42 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
  • pre-flight procedures for IFR flights services
  • balance transportation cargo handling and moving
  • execute flight plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply signalling control procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • respond to changing navigation circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a commercial 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.