air traffic controllertohelicopter pilot
A air traffic controller already meets 36% of what the helicopter pilot role asks for. The move turns on 26 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
72.2/ 100
1 Share of the helicopter pilot 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 this move works
A helicopter pilot role treats 14 of its required skills as things a air traffic controller already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- airport planning
- aviation meteorology
- common aviation safety regulations
What stands in the way is 26 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A helicopter pilot 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.
- already held read 3D displays information skills
- already held carry out navigational calculations information skills
- already held operate radar equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held air traffic control operations services
- already held airport planning engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interpret visual literacy information skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 14 the helicopter pilot role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- required, not held address aircraft mechanical issues required
- required, not held apply signalling control procedures required
- required, not held operate two-way radio systems required
- required, not held perform flight manoeuvres required
- required, not held perform take off and landing required
- required, not held undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements required
- required, not held operate cockpit control panels required
- required, not held operate radio equipment required
- required, not held operate radio navigation instruments required
- required, not held comply with air traffic control operations required
- required, not held ensure aircraft compliance with regulation required
- required, not held ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held implement airside safety procedures required
- required, not held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations required
- required, not held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements required
- required, not held inspect aircraft required
- required, not held perform routine flight operations checks required
- required, not held analyse weather forecast required
- required, not held perform risk analysis required
- required, not held read maps required
- required, not held civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held freight transport methods required
- required, not held visual flight rules required
- required, not held respond to changing navigation circumstances required
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held geographic areas required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a helicopter pilot role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 address aircraft mechanical issues skill · sector specific
- 02 apply signalling control procedures skill · sector specific
- 03 civil aviation regulations knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held air traffic control operations knowledge
- already held air transport law knowledge
- already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- already held airport planning knowledge
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held comply with checklists skill
- already held handle stressful situations in the work place skill
- already held have spatial awareness skill
- already held interpret visual literacy skill
- already held operate radar equipment skill
- already held read 3D displays skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
- already held act reliably skill
- already held carry out navigational calculations skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held create a flight plan optional
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create a flight plan optional
19 held skills the helicopter pilot role does not ask for
- 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 apply technical communication skills 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 celestial navigation knowledge
- 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 monitor aviation meteorology skill
- not needed by the target role operate airport control tower skill
- not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- not needed by the target role pre-flight procedures for IFR flights knowledge
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use of air traffic services document skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held freight transport methods required
- required, not held geographic areas required
- required, not held visual flight rules required
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.