Air traffic instructor to aeronautical information service officer
An air traffic instructor already meets 34% of what the aeronautical information service officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
57.9/ 100
1 How much of what an aeronautical information service officer is expected to do is already part of an air traffic instructor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the aeronautical information service officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aeronautical information service officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things an air traffic instructor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse data for aeronautical publications
- common aviation safety regulations
- geographic areas
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aeronautical information service officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an air traffic instructor background worth leading with.
- already held analyse data for aeronautical publications information skills
- 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
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the aeronautical information service officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn ensure safety in international aviation required
- still to learn follow airport safety procedures required
- still to learn ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- still to learn prepare notices to airmen for pilots required
- still to learn work in an aviation team required
- still to learn ensure client orientation required
- still to learn ensure accuracy of aeronautical data required
- still to learn operate scientific measuring equipment required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aeronautical information service officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure accuracy of aeronautical data practise this
- 02 ensure safety in international aviation practise this
- 03 follow airport safety procedures practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held analyse data for aeronautical publications skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
37 held skills the aeronautical information service officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on teaching methods skill
- not needed by the target role air traffic control operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role air traffic management knowledge
- not needed by the target role air transport law 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 assess students skill
- not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
- not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role communicate in air traffic services skill
- not needed by the target role compile data for navigation publications skill
- not needed by the target role comply with air traffic control operations skill
- not needed by the target role deal with air traffic issues skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate education programmes skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate training skill
- not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role geographical routes knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
- not needed by the target role interpret visual literacy skill
- not needed by the target role meteorology knowledge
- 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 pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare examinations for vocational courses skill
- not needed by the target role prepare syllabuses for vocational courses skill
- not needed by the target role procedures associated with different air navigation areas knowledge
- not needed by the target role review meteorological forecast data skill
- not needed by the target role surveillance radars knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach air traffic control skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role train staff in navigational requirements skill
- not needed by the target role use meteorological information skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
- not needed by the target role use of air traffic services document skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
Common questions about this move
Can an air traffic instructor become an aeronautical information service officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An air traffic instructor already covers 34% of what an aeronautical information service officer is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 4 of which the aeronautical information service officer role treats as required.
What skills does an air traffic instructor need to become an aeronautical information service officer?
8 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is ensure accuracy of aeronautical data.
How hard is the move from air traffic instructor to aeronautical information service officer?
Its learning distance is 57.9 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.