air traffic managertoprivate pilot
A air traffic manager already meets 19% of what the private pilot role asks for. The move turns on 27 required skills not yet in the profile.
19%
83.3/ 100
1 Share of the private pilot 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 private pilot role treats 6 of its required skills as things a air traffic manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- aircraft flight control systems
- apply airport standards and regulations
- common aviation safety regulations
- follow airport safety procedures
- geographic areas
- perform risk analysis
What stands in the way is 27 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A private pilot 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 follow airport safety procedures assisting and caring
- already held aircraft flight control systems services
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held geographic areas natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the private pilot role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 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 apply signalling control procedures required
- required, not held operate two-way radio systems required
- required, not held perform flight manoeuvres required
- required, not held perform take off and landing required
- required, not held operate cockpit control panels required
- required, not held operate radar equipment required
- required, not held operate radio equipment required
- required, not held operate radio navigation instruments required
- required, not held perform routine flight operations checks required
- required, not held analyse weather forecast required
- required, not held have spatial awareness required
- required, not held identify airport safety hazards required
- required, not held read 3D displays required
- required, not held read maps required
- optional, not held use meteorological information optional
- required, not held comply with air traffic control operations required
- required, not held ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held implement airside safety procedures required
- required, not held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations required
- required, not held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements required
- required, not held air traffic control operations required
- required, not held aviation meteorology required
- required, not held civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
- required, not held visual flight rules required
- required, not held communicate in air traffic services required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- required, not held air transport law required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a private pilot role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 air traffic control operations knowledge · sector specific
- 02 air transport law knowledge · sector specific
- 03 apply signalling control procedures skill · 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held follow airport safety procedures skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held use meteorological information optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
20 held skills the private pilot role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role air traffic management knowledge
- 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 celestial navigation 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 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 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 geographic information systems skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
6 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 aviation meteorology required
- required, not held civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
- required, not held visual flight rules 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.