Where a helicopter pilot can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a helicopter pilot already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Helicopter pilots fly helicopters in order to transport passengers and cargo from one place to another. They plan flights using aeronautical charts and navigation instruments. Prior to departure, they inspect helicopters following checklists to detect leaking hydraulic fluid, inoperative control, low fuel level, or other unsafe conditions.
Also known as commercial helicopter pilot, airline helicopter transport pilot, helicopter operator, pilot of helicopters.
Technicians and associate professionals 44 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: airline transport pilot, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A helicopter pilot needs 40 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements working with machinery and specialised equipment
- inspect aircraft information skills
- address aircraft mechanical issues working with machinery and specialised equipment
- 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 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a helicopter pilot does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- airline transport pilot 79% covered · difficulty 30.3
- commercial pilot 76% covered · difficulty 34.6
- air force pilot 71% covered · difficulty 40.6
- private pilot 70% covered · difficulty 41.6
- second officer 52% covered · difficulty 58.5
- drone pilot 42% covered · difficulty 67.3
- air traffic controller 36% covered · difficulty 72.2
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Helicopter pilot is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a helicopter 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.