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

air traffic controllertosecond officer

A air traffic controller already meets 48% of what the second officer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From air traffic controller
48%
Overlap1
To second officer
16 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
58.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 58.9

This move: 58.9 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the second officer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A second officer 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 read 3D displays information skills
  • already held carry out navigational calculations information skills
  • already held airport planning engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held interpret visual literacy information skills
  • already held electrical systems used in transportation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held comply with checklists assisting and caring

All 16 carried skills, including the 14 the second officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 5 required
  • required, not held ensure aircraft compliance with regulation required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with airport security measures required
  • required, not held deal with challenging work conditions required
  • required, not held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations required
  • required, not held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements required
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held address aircraft mechanical issues required
  • required, not held perform aircraft maintenance required
  • required, not held operate cockpit control panels required
  • optional, not held undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held inspect aircraft required
  • required, not held perform routine flight operations checks required
04 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure smooth on board operations required
  • optional, not held consider economic criteria in decision making optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held geographic areas required
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
  • optional, not held launching of satellites into orbit optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • optional, not held respond to changing navigation circumstances optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a second officer 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 carry out navigational calculations skill
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held comply with checklists skill
  • already held electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held ensure public safety and security skill
  • already held handle stressful situations in the work place skill
  • already held interpret visual literacy skill
  • already held read 3D displays skill
  • already held use meteorological information skill
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held airport safety regulations required
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
  • optional, not held respond to changing navigation circumstances optional
  • optional, not held undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements optional
  • optional, not held consider economic criteria in decision making optional
  • optional, not held launching of satellites into orbit optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
20 held skills the second officer 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 analyse work-related written reports 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 electronic communication knowledge
  • 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 have spatial awareness 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 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 different communication channels 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held airport safety regulations required
  • required, not held geographic areas required
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
  • optional, not held launching of satellites into orbit optional
Index

Other moves recorded from air traffic controller

Full index of moves from air traffic controller

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.