airspace managertoair traffic controller
A airspace manager already meets 40% of what the air traffic controller role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
40%
67/ 100
1 Share of the air traffic controller role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airspace 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 air traffic controller role treats 13 of its required skills as things a airspace manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- aviation meteorology
- carry out navigational calculations
- celestial navigation
What stands in the way is 19 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A air traffic controller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a airspace manager background worth leading with.
- already held celestial navigation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held carry out navigational calculations information skills
- already held operate radar equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held air traffic control operations services
- already held interpret visual literacy information skills
- already held have spatial awareness information skills
All 14 carried skills, including the 13 the air traffic controller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 9 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 airport standards and regulations required
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held use of air traffic services document required
- required, not held comply with checklists required
- required, not held assist during take off and landing required
- required, not held apply technical communication skills required
- required, not held execute working instructions required
- required, not held stay alert required
- required, not held airport planning required
- required, not held electrical systems used in transportation required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held analyse work-related written reports required
- required, not held monitor aviation meteorology required
- required, not held read 3D displays required
- required, not held assist in the conducting of flight checks required
- required, not held operate airport control tower required
- required, not held handle stressful situations in the work place required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a air traffic controller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist during take off and landing skill · occupation specific
- 02 assist in the conducting of flight checks skill · occupation specific
- 03 airport planning 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held air traffic control operations knowledge
- already held air transport law knowledge
- already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held carry out navigational calculations skill
- already held celestial navigation knowledge
- already held electronic communication knowledge
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held have spatial awareness skill
- already held interpret visual literacy skill
- already held operate radar equipment skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
- already held act reliably skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
- required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
7 held skills the air traffic controller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role air traffic management knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace skill
- not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manage aspects of airspace management skill
- not needed by the target role monitor airspace planning skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
- not needed by the target role work in an aviation team skill
5 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 airport planning required
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
- required, not held electrical systems used in transportation required
- required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
- required, not held electronics 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.