Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a second officer can go next

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

Second officers are responsible for monitoring and controlling various aircraft systems including fixed-wing and rotary wing. They work in close coordination with the two pilots during all phases of flight. They make pre-flight, inflight, and post flight inspections, adjustments, and minor repairs. They verify parameters such as passenger and cargo distribution, the amount of fuel, aircraft performance, and appropriate engine speed according to instructions of pilots.

Also known as flight engineer, inflight engineer.

Technicians and associate professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: helicopter pilot, 52%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
helicopter pilot 52% covered co-pilot 46% covered air traffic controller 46% covered airline transport pilot 37% covered commercial pilot 35% covered second officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from second officer, 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 second officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A second officer needs 28 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
  • perform aircraft maintenance working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ensure smooth on board operations management skills
  • inspect aircraft information skills
  • address aircraft mechanical issues working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ensure compliance with airport security measures assisting and caring
  • undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements assisting and caring
  • ensure ongoing compliance with regulations assisting and caring
  • read 3D displays information skills
  • carry out navigational calculations information skills
  • deal with challenging work conditions assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Second officer 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 second officer’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.