Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a flight instructor can go next

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

Flight instructors train both new and experienced pilots seeking to gain licences or experience in flying new aircraft, how to properly operate an aircraft according to regulations. They teach their students both the theory and practice of how to optimally fly and maintain an airplane, and they observe and evaluate student technique. They also focus on the regulations relating to operational and safety procedures specific to different (commercial) airline aircraft.

Also known as pilot trainer, flying instructor, occupational flight instructor, flight simulation instructor, practitioner of flight instruction, aviation instructor, instructor in flight, pilot instructor, flight instruction practitioner, flying trainer.

Technicians and associate professionals 42 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: university teaching assistant, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
university teaching assistant 51% covered occupational railway instruct… 48% covered agriculture, forestry and fis… 48% covered hospitality vocational teacher 47% covered hairdressing vocational teach… 46% covered flight instructor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from flight instructor, 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 flight instructor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A flight instructor needs 19 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
  • give theory lessons to pilots communication, collaboration and creativity
  • teach flying practices communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure student welfare communication, collaboration and creativity
  • operate cockpit control panels working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • aircraft flight control systems services
  • common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • adapt teaching to student's capabilities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor developments in field of expertise information skills
  • apply intercultural teaching strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assessment processes education
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Flight instructor 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 flight instructor’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.