Air traffic instructor to aviation data communications manager
An air traffic instructor already meets 36% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
56.9/ 100
1 How much of what an aviation data communications manager 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 aviation data communications manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aviation data communications manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things an air traffic instructor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply technical communication skills
- common aviation safety regulations
- communicate in air traffic services
- use different communication channels
- write work-related reports
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 aviation data communications manager 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 communicate in air traffic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
- already held apply technical communication skills communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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 manage data required
- still to learn monitor communication channels' performance required
- still to learn perform risk analysis required
- still to learn manage flight data communications programme required
- still to learn have computer literacy required
- optional, not held use databases optional
- still to learn work in an aviation team required
- still to learn present reports required
- still to learn tolerate stress required
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aviation data communications manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage data practise this
- 02 manage flight data communications programme practise this
- 03 monitor communication channels' performance 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 apply technical communication skills skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held communicate in air traffic services skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- optional, not held use databases optional
37 held skills the aviation data communications manager 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 data for aeronautical publications skill
- not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports 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 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 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 geographic information systems 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
Other moves recorded from air traffic instructor
Common questions about this move
Can an air traffic instructor become an aviation data communications manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An air traffic instructor already covers 36% of what an aviation data communications manager is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.
What skills does an air traffic instructor need to become an aviation data communications manager?
8 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is manage data.
How hard is the move from air traffic instructor to aviation data communications manager?
Its learning distance is 56.9 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.