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

intelligence communications interceptortoair traffic manager

A intelligence communications interceptor already meets 27% of what the air traffic manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From intelligence communications interceptor
27%
Overlap1
To air traffic manager
7 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
70.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.4/ 100

1 Share of the air traffic manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the intelligence communications interceptor 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

Why this move works

A air traffic manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a intelligence communications interceptor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • common aviation safety regulations
  • geographic areas
  • perform data analysis
  • perform risk analysis

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A air traffic manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a intelligence communications interceptor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held aircraft flight control systems services
  • already held geographic areas natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • already held geographic information systems natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held use geographic information systems working with computers
  • already held perform data analysis working with computers

All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the air traffic manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 11 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure safety in international aviation required
  • required, not held follow airport safety procedures required
  • optional, not held apply airport standards and regulations optional
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft documentation optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held train staff in navigational requirements required
  • optional, not held provide assistance to airport users optional
  • optional, not held work in an aviation team optional
03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage air navigation services required
  • optional, not held coordinate flight schedules optional
  • optional, not held plan maintenance activities optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform market research required
  • optional, not held monitor aviation meteorology optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
  • optional, not held statistics optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held air traffic management required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a air traffic manager 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held geographic areas knowledge
  • already held perform data analysis skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
  • already held geographic information systems knowledge
  • already held use geographic information systems skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held airspace system block upgrades required
08 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held manage aeronautical information management services required
09 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held use modern electronic navigational aids required
10 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held test ground system performance optional
11 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
  • optional, not held apply airport standards and regulations optional
  • optional, not held coordinate flight schedules optional
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft documentation optional
  • optional, not held provide assistance to airport users optional
  • optional, not held test ground system performance optional
  • optional, not held work in an aviation team optional
  • optional, not held monitor aviation meteorology optional
  • optional, not held plan maintenance activities optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
31 held skills the air traffic manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role air force operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse transmitted communications skill
  • not needed by the target role apply air force procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role apply frequency management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply military aviation regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil aviation regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect real-time geolocation information skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate the allocation of Mode S radars to Interrogator Codes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop military intelligence records skill
  • not needed by the target role electromagnetism knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic signals intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather data skill
  • not needed by the target role gather technical information skill
  • not needed by the target role global navigation satellite system performance parameters knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify electronic signals skill
  • not needed by the target role log transmitter readings skill
  • not needed by the target role military aviation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role military code knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate radar equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate radio navigation instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role operate two-way radio systems skill
  • not needed by the target role perform electromagnetic geophysical measurements skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scrambling operations skill
  • not needed by the target role radars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role surveillance radars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate foreign language skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role write routine reports 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held airspace system block upgrades required
  • required, not held air traffic management required
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
  • optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Index

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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.