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

air traffic controllertoaviation data communications manager

A air traffic controller already meets 39% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From air traffic controller
39%
Overlap1
To aviation data communications manager
6 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
54.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

54.9/ 100

1 Share of the aviation data communications manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the air traffic controller 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 aviation data communications manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a air traffic controller already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply technical communication skills
  • common aviation safety regulations
  • have computer literacy
  • tolerate stress
  • use different communication channels

What stands in the way is 8 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 aviation data communications manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a air traffic controller background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • already held perform multiple tasks at the same time management skills
  • already held tolerate stress management skills
  • already held apply technical communication skills communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held have computer literacy working with computers
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 missing skills fall into 3 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • required, not held communicate in air traffic services required
  • required, not held work in an aviation team required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
02 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held manage data required
  • required, not held monitor communication channels' performance required
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
03 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage flight data communications programme required
  • optional, not held use databases optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aviation data communications 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 apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held tolerate stress skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held use databases optional
30 held skills the aviation data communications manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act reliably skill
  • not needed by the target role air traffic control operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role air transport law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role airport planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
  • not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role assist during take off and landing skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in the conducting of flight checks skill
  • not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out navigational calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role celestial navigation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with checklists skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role handle stressful situations in the work place skill
  • not needed by the target role have spatial awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret visual literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor aviation meteorology skill
  • not needed by the target role operate airport control tower skill
  • not needed by the target role operate radar equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role pre-flight procedures for IFR flights knowledge
  • not needed by the target role read 3D displays skill
  • not needed by the target role stay alert skill
  • not needed by the target role use meteorological information skill
  • not needed by the target role use of air traffic services document skill
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.