Air traffic safety technician to airspace manager
An air traffic safety technician already meets 34% of what the airspace manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
64.2/ 100
1 How much of what an airspace manager is expected to do is already part of an air traffic safety technician’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 airspace manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An airspace manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things an air traffic safety technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- air traffic control operations
- air traffic management
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- operate radar equipment
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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An airspace manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an air traffic safety technician background worth leading with.
- already held air traffic management business, administration and law
- already held operate radar equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held air traffic control operations services
- already held follow airport safety procedures assisting and caring
- already held air transport law business, administration and law
- already held use meteorological information information skills
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the airspace manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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 monitor airspace planning required
- still to learn carry out navigational calculations required
- still to learn have spatial awareness required
- still to learn interpret visual literacy required
- still to learn apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace required
- still to learn work in an aviation team required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- still to learn electronic communication required
- still to learn manage aspects of airspace management required
- still to learn celestial navigation required
- still to learn use geographic information systems required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an 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 practise this
- 02 manage aspects of airspace management practise this
- 03 monitor airspace planning 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held air traffic control operations knowledge
- already held air traffic management knowledge
- already held air transport law knowledge
- already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- already held operate radar equipment skill
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held follow airport safety procedures skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
47 held skills the airspace manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address aircraft mechanical issues skill
- not needed by the target role advise aircraft in hazardous conditions skill
- not needed by the target role aircraft mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport electrical systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess operating cost skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the conducting of flight checks skill
- not needed by the target role carry out preventive airport maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with air traffic control operations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct airport safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role conduct safe aircraft marshalling skill
- not needed by the target role deal with air traffic issues skill
- not needed by the target role debug software skill
- not needed by the target role design control systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electronic systems skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure aircraft compliance with regulation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety in international aviation skill
- not needed by the target role follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety skill
- not needed by the target role global navigation satellite system performance parameters knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement airside safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role implement safety management systems skill
- not needed by the target role implement the airside safety auditing system skill
- not needed by the target role inspect aircraft for airworthiness skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role install software skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage air navigation services skill
- not needed by the target role monitor customer safety on apron skill
- not needed by the target role operate cockpit control panels skill
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform aircraft maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role perform necessary checks before moving aircraft onto stand skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role surveillance radars knowledge
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
7 further entries not listed here
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn celestial navigation required
- still to learn electronic communication required
Other moves recorded from air traffic safety technician
Common questions about this move
Can an air traffic safety technician become an airspace manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An air traffic safety technician already covers 34% of what an airspace manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the airspace manager role treats as required.
What skills does an air traffic safety technician need to become an airspace manager?
11 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace.
How hard is the move from air traffic safety technician to airspace manager?
Its learning distance is 64.2 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.