air traffic managertoairspace manager
A air traffic manager already meets 30% of what the airspace manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
67.1/ 100
1 Share of the airspace manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the air traffic manager 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 airspace manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a air traffic manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- air traffic management
- aircraft flight control systems
- celestial navigation
- use geographic information systems
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 11 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airspace manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a air traffic manager background worth leading with.
- already held air traffic management business, administration and law
- already held celestial navigation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held follow airport safety procedures assisting and caring
- already held aircraft flight control systems services
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use geographic information systems working with computers
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the airspace manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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 monitor airspace planning required
- required, not held carry out navigational calculations required
- required, not held have spatial awareness required
- required, not held interpret visual literacy required
- optional, not held use meteorological information optional
- required, not held apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- required, not held air traffic control operations required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
- required, not held air transport law required
- required, not held electronic communication required
- required, not held manage aspects of airspace management required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a airspace manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace skill · occupation specific
- 02 manage aspects of airspace management skill · occupation specific
- 03 monitor airspace planning skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held air traffic management knowledge
- already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- already held celestial navigation knowledge
- already held use geographic information systems skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held follow airport safety procedures skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held operate radar equipment required
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
- optional, not held use meteorological information optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
21 held skills the airspace manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport environmental regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role airspace system block upgrades knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate flight schedules skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety in international aviation 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 inspect aircraft documentation skill
- not needed by the target role manage aeronautical information management services skill
- not needed by the target role manage air navigation services skill
- not needed by the target role monitor aviation meteorology skill
- not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role plan maintenance activities skill
- not needed by the target role provide assistance to airport users skill
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role test ground system performance skill
- not needed by the target role train staff in navigational requirements skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids 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 air traffic control operations required
- required, not held air transport law required
- required, not held electronic communication required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
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.