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A air traffic instructor already meets 39% of what the air traffic controller role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
39%
67.9/ 100
1 Share of the air traffic controller role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the air traffic instructor 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 air traffic controller role treats 13 of its required skills as things a air traffic instructor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply technical communication skills
- aviation meteorology
- common aviation safety regulations
What stands in the way is 19 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A air traffic controller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a air traffic instructor background worth leading with.
- already held operate airport control tower working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held use of air traffic services document assisting and caring
- already held operate radar equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held air traffic control operations services
- already held interpret visual literacy information skills
- already held air transport law business, administration and law
All 13 carried skills, including the 13 the air traffic controller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 9 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 airport planning required
- required, not held electrical systems used in transportation required
- required, not held electronic communication required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held carry out navigational calculations required
- required, not held have spatial awareness required
- required, not held monitor aviation meteorology required
- required, not held read 3D displays required
- required, not held assist during take off and landing required
- required, not held execute working instructions required
- required, not held stay alert required
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- required, not held apply airport standards and regulations required
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held comply with checklists required
- required, not held aircraft flight control systems required
- required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
- required, not held handle stressful situations in the work place required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a air traffic controller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist during take off and landing skill · occupation specific
- 02 assist in the conducting of flight checks skill · occupation specific
- 03 aircraft flight control systems 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held air traffic control operations knowledge
- already held air transport law knowledge
- already held analyse work-related written reports skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held interpret visual literacy skill
- already held operate airport control tower skill
- already held operate radar equipment skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
- already held use of air traffic services document skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held celestial navigation required
- required, not held assist in the conducting of flight checks required
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
29 held skills the air traffic controller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on teaching methods skill
- not needed by the target role air traffic management knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse data for aeronautical publications 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 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 areas knowledge
- 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 identify training needs skill
- not needed by the target role meteorology knowledge
- 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 geographic information systems skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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.
- required, not held aircraft flight control systems required
- required, not held airport planning required
- required, not held celestial navigation required
- required, not held electrical systems used in transportation required
- required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
- required, not held electronic communication required
- required, not held electronics 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.