Flight instructor to university teaching assistant
A flight instructor already meets 51% of what the university teaching assistant role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
46.6/ 100
1 How much of what a university teaching assistant is expected to do is already part of a flight 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 university teaching assistant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A university teaching assistant role treats 8 of its required skills as things a flight instructor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist students in their learning
- curriculum objectives
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
What stands in the way is 3 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A university teaching assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a flight instructor background worth leading with.
- already held monitor developments in field of expertise information skills
- already held assessment processes education
- already held manage resources for educational purposes management skills
- already held prepare lesson content communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide lesson materials communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assist students in their learning communication, collaboration and creativity
All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the university teaching assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 provide assistance to lecturer required
- still to learn supervise practical courses required
- optional, not held assist students with their dissertation optional
- optional, not held assist scientific research optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
- still to learn university procedures required
- optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
- optional, not held conduct qualitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct scholarly research optional
- optional, not held assign homework optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a university teaching assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 provide assistance to lecturer practise this
- 02 university procedures study this
- 03 supervise practical courses practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assign homework optional
- optional, not held assist students with their dissertation optional
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held assist scientific research optional
- optional, not held assist students with equipment optional
- optional, not held conduct qualitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct scholarly research optional
- optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
- optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
- optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
- optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
- optional, not held provide information on study programmes optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
31 held skills the university teaching assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- not needed by the target role adapt training to labour market skill
- not needed by the target role air force operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply air force procedures skill
- not needed by the target role apply intercultural teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role apply military aviation regulations skill
- not needed by the target role apply teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure student welfare skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate education programmes skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role give theory lessons to pilots skill
- not needed by the target role operate cockpit control panels skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio navigation instruments skill
- not needed by the target role perform classroom management skill
- not needed by the target role perform flight manoeuvres skill
- not needed by the target role perform routine flight operations checks skill
- not needed by the target role perform take off and landing skill
- not needed by the target role prepare examinations for vocational courses skill
- not needed by the target role prepare syllabuses for vocational courses skill
- not needed by the target role provide advice on pilot licence application procedures skill
- not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
- not needed by the target role teach flying practices skill
- not needed by the target role train air force crew skill
- not needed by the target role undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role visual flight rules knowledge
3 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 university procedures required
- optional, not held action research optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Common questions about this move
Can a flight instructor become a university teaching assistant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A flight instructor already covers 51% of what a university teaching assistant is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 8 of which the university teaching assistant role treats as required.
What skills does a flight instructor need to become a university teaching assistant?
3 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is provide assistance to lecturer.
How hard is the move from flight instructor to university teaching assistant?
Its learning distance is 46.6 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.