Cabin crew instructor to air traffic instructor
A cabin crew instructor already meets 36% of what the air traffic instructor role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what an air traffic instructor is expected to do is already part of a cabin crew instructor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the air traffic instructor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An air traffic instructor role treats 11 of its required skills as things a cabin crew instructor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply technical communication skills
- assess students
- assist students in their learning
- common aviation safety regulations
- evaluate education programmes
What stands in the way is 18 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. An air traffic instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cabin crew instructor background worth leading with.
- already held prepare examinations for vocational courses communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held evaluate education programmes information skills
- already held coach employees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse work-related written reports information skills
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
All 14 carried skills, including the 11 the air traffic instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn geographic information systems required
- still to learn geographic areas required
- still to learn geographical routes required
- still to learn meteorology required
- still to learn use meteorological information required
- still to learn evaluate training required
- still to learn interpret visual literacy 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
- still to learn teach air traffic control required
- still to learn prepare syllabuses for vocational courses required
- still to learn train staff in navigational requirements required
- optional, not held communicate in air traffic services optional
- still to learn air traffic control operations required
- still to learn aviation meteorology required
- still to learn procedures associated with different air navigation areas required
- still to learn comply with air traffic control operations required
- still to learn use of air traffic services document required
- still to learn air traffic management required
- still to learn air transport law required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an 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 practise this
- 02 air traffic control operations study this
- 03 air traffic management study this
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 analyse work-related written reports skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held pedagogy knowledge
- already held prepare examinations for vocational courses skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held advise on teaching methods skill
- already held coach employees skill
- already held train employees skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn surveillance radars required
- optional, not held operate airport control tower optional
- optional, not held use modern electronic navigational aids optional
- optional, not held operate radar equipment optional
- optional, not held deal with air traffic issues optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
10 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 geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held use modern electronic navigational aids optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held operate radar equipment optional
13 held skills the air traffic instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role carry out pre-flight duties skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
- not needed by the target role monitor customer service skill
- not needed by the target role perform routine flight operations checks skill
- not needed by the target role pre-flight procedures for IFR flights knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide food and beverages skill
- not needed by the target role provide high quality customer service skill
- not needed by the target role satisfy customers skill
- not needed by the target role teach air cabin crew procedures skill
- not needed by the target role teach customer service techniques skill
10 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn air traffic control operations required
- still to learn air traffic management required
- still to learn air transport law required
- still to learn aviation meteorology required
- still to learn geographic information systems required
- still to learn procedures associated with different air navigation areas required
- still to learn surveillance radars required
- still to learn geographic areas required
- still to learn geographical routes required
- still to learn meteorology required
Common questions about this move
Can a cabin crew instructor become an air traffic instructor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A cabin crew instructor already covers 36% of what an air traffic instructor is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 11 of which the air traffic instructor role treats as required.
What skills does a cabin crew instructor need to become an air traffic instructor?
18 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by natural sciences, mathematics and statistics. The single most important is teach air traffic control.
How hard is the move from cabin crew instructor to air traffic instructor?
Its learning distance is 71 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.