Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

aeronautical information service officertoair traffic manager

A aeronautical information service officer already meets 25% of what the air traffic manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aeronautical information service officer
25%
Overlap1
To air traffic manager
6 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
71.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.3/ 100

1 Share of the air traffic manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aeronautical information service officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A air traffic manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a aeronautical information service officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • common aviation safety regulations
  • ensure safety in international aviation
  • follow airport safety procedures
  • geographic areas

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A air traffic manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aeronautical information service officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure safety in international aviation assisting and caring
  • already held follow airport safety procedures assisting and caring
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held geographic areas natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • already held use geographic information systems working with computers

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the air traffic manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform market research required
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
  • optional, not held monitor aviation meteorology optional
02 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held manage aeronautical information management services required
  • required, not held perform data analysis required
03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage air navigation services required
  • optional, not held coordinate flight schedules optional
  • optional, not held plan maintenance activities optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held train staff in navigational requirements required
  • optional, not held provide assistance to airport users optional
06 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held airspace system block upgrades required
  • optional, not held aircraft flight control systems optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a air traffic manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held ensure safety in international aviation skill
  • already held follow airport safety procedures skill
  • already held geographic areas knowledge
  • already held use geographic information systems skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held air traffic management required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held use modern electronic navigational aids required
09 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply airport standards and regulations optional
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft documentation optional
10 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held test ground system performance optional
11 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held aircraft flight control systems optional
  • optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
  • optional, not held apply airport standards and regulations optional
  • optional, not held coordinate flight schedules optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft documentation optional
  • optional, not held provide assistance to airport users optional
  • optional, not held test ground system performance optional
  • optional, not held monitor aviation meteorology optional
  • optional, not held plan maintenance activities optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
8 held skills the air traffic manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse data for aeronautical publications skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure accuracy of aeronautical data skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare notices to airmen for pilots skill
  • not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held airspace system block upgrades required
  • required, not held air traffic management required
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
  • optional, not held aircraft flight control systems optional
  • optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.