aircraft marshallertoprivate pilot
A aircraft marshaller 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 aircraft marshaller 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 aircraft marshaller already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply airport standards and regulations
- civil aviation regulations
- communicate in air traffic services
- comply with air traffic control operations
- identify airport safety hazards
- operate radio equipment
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 aircraft marshaller background worth leading with.
- already held communicate in air traffic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held civil aviation regulations services
- already held comply with air traffic control operations assisting and caring
- already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
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 8 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 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 perform risk analysis required
- required, not held read 3D displays required
- required, not held read maps required
- optional, not held use meteorological information optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held follow airport safety procedures 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 aircraft flight control systems required
- required, not held aviation meteorology required
- required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
- required, not held visual flight rules required
- required, not held air transport law required
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
2 further areas 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 aircraft flight control systems knowledge · 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 apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held civil aviation regulations knowledge
- already held communicate in air traffic services skill
- already held comply with air traffic control operations skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held geographic areas required
- 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
11 held skills the private pilot role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aircraft marshalling signals knowledge
- not needed by the target role dangers of marshalling activity knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute necessary procedures prior to take off skill
- not needed by the target role handle fuels skill
- not needed by the target role operate follow-me vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role perform necessary checks before moving aircraft onto stand skill
- not needed by the target role ramp safety requirements knowledge
- not needed by the target role respond to changing navigation circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role use ICT systems skill
- not needed by the target role write signalling reports skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
8 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 aircraft flight control systems required
- required, not held aviation meteorology required
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
- required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
- required, not held geographic areas 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.