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

airline transport pilottohelicopter pilot

A airline transport pilot already meets 79% of what the helicopter pilot role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From airline transport pilot
79%
Overlap1
To helicopter pilot
34 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
30.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 30.3

This move: 30.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the helicopter pilot role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airline transport pilot 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 34 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A helicopter pilot role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a airline transport pilot background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held inspect aircraft information skills
  • already held create a flight plan management skills
  • already held apply signalling control procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held respond to changing navigation circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements assisting and caring
  • already held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations assisting and caring

All 34 carried skills, including the 32 the helicopter pilot role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held interpret visual literacy required
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held address aircraft mechanical issues required
  • required, not held undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements required
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held comply with checklists required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held airport planning required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held handle stressful situations in the work place required
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held freight transport methods required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a helicopter pilot 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 34 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held air traffic control operations knowledge
  • already held air transport law knowledge
  • already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
  • already held analyse weather forecast skill
  • already held apply signalling control procedures skill
  • already held aviation meteorology knowledge
  • already held civil aviation regulations knowledge
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held comply with air traffic control operations skill
  • already held ensure aircraft compliance with regulation skill
  • already held ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations skill
  • already held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations skill
  • already held follow verbal instructions skill
  • already held geographic areas knowledge
  • already held have spatial awareness skill
  • already held implement airside safety procedures skill
  • already held inspect aircraft skill
  • already held operate cockpit control panels skill
  • already held operate radar equipment skill
  • already held operate radio equipment skill
  • already held operate radio navigation instruments skill
  • already held operate two-way radio systems skill
  • already held perform flight manoeuvres skill
  • already held perform routine flight operations checks skill
  • already held perform take off and landing skill
  • already held read 3D displays skill
  • already held read maps skill
  • already held respond to changing navigation circumstances skill
  • already held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held use meteorological information skill
  • already held visual flight rules knowledge
  • already held carry out navigational calculations skill
  • already held create a flight plan skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
13 held skills the helicopter pilot role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
  • not needed by the target role balance transportation cargo skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to customers' inquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
  • not needed by the target role undertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
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 airport planning required
  • required, not held freight transport methods required
Index

Other moves recorded from airline transport pilot

Full index of moves from airline transport pilot

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.