Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

air traffic safety techniciantoairspace manager

A 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.

From air traffic safety technician
34%
Overlap1
To airspace manager
8 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
64.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.2/ 100

1 Share of the airspace manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the air traffic safety technician 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

Why this move works

A airspace manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a air traffic safety technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 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 safety technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 4 required
  • 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
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace required
  • required, not held work in an aviation team required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage aspects of airspace management required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use geographic information systems required
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
Index
Note

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.