airspace managertoair traffic instructor
A airspace manager already meets 26% of what the air traffic instructor role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
26%
77.8/ 100
1 Share of the air traffic instructor 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 instructor role treats 8 of its required skills as things a airspace manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- air traffic control operations
- air traffic management
- air transport law
- aviation meteorology
- give instructions to staff
- interpret visual literacy
What stands in the way is 21 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A air traffic instructor 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 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 interpret visual literacy information skills
- already held air transport law business, administration and law
- already held use meteorological information information skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the air traffic instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 32 missing skills fall into 10 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 teach air traffic control required
- required, not held prepare examinations for vocational courses required
- required, not held prepare syllabuses for vocational courses required
- required, not held train staff in navigational requirements required
- required, not held apply technical communication skills required
- required, not held assist students in their learning required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held communicate in air traffic services optional
- optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held geographic areas required
- required, not held geographical routes required
- required, not held meteorology required
- required, not held analyse work-related written reports required
- required, not held evaluate education programmes required
- required, not held evaluate training required
- optional, not held analyse data for aeronautical publications optional
- optional, not held compile data for navigation publications optional
- optional, not held review meteorological forecast data optional
- required, not held comply with air traffic control operations required
- required, not held use of air traffic services document required
- required, not held assess students required
- optional, not held deal with air traffic issues optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a air traffic instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 teach air traffic control skill · occupation specific
- 02 common aviation safety regulations knowledge · sector specific
- 03 comply with air traffic control operations skill · 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 10 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 aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held interpret visual literacy skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
- already held operate radar equipment skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held pedagogy required
- required, not held surveillance radars required
- required, not held procedures associated with different air navigation areas required
- optional, not held operate airport control tower optional
- optional, not held use modern electronic navigational aids optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse data for aeronautical publications optional
- optional, not held communicate in air traffic services optional
- optional, not held compile data for navigation publications optional
- optional, not held deal with air traffic issues optional
- optional, not held operate airport control tower optional
- optional, not held review meteorological forecast data optional
- optional, not held use modern electronic navigational aids optional
- optional, not held advise on teaching methods optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
11 held skills the air traffic instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace skill
- not needed by the target role carry out navigational calculations skill
- not needed by the target role celestial navigation knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role have spatial awareness 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 work in an aviation team 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 common aviation safety regulations required
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held procedures associated with different air navigation areas required
- required, not held surveillance radars required
- required, not held geographic areas required
- required, not held geographical routes required
- required, not held meteorology required
- required, not held pedagogy 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.