air traffic controllertoaircraft dispatcher
A air traffic controller already meets 39% of what the aircraft dispatcher role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 64.6 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the aircraft dispatcher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the air traffic controller 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft dispatcher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a air traffic controller background worth leading with.
- already held air traffic control operations services
- already held airport planning engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held use meteorological information information skills
- already held aviation meteorology services
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time management skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the aircraft dispatcher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 6 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 calculate aircraft weight required
- required, not held consider weather conditions in flight decisions required
- required, not held prepare flight dispatch release required
- required, not held ensure accuracy of aeronautical data required
- required, not held disseminate flight information required
- required, not held prepare notices to airmen for pilots required
- required, not held work in an aviation team required
- required, not held create a flight plan required
- required, not held make time-critical decisions required
- required, not held meet deadlines required
- required, not held assist pilot in execution of emergency landing required
- required, not held operate radio equipment required
- required, not held apply company policies required
- required, not held use ICT systems required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aircraft dispatcher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist pilot in execution of emergency landing skill · occupation specific
- 02 calculate aircraft weight skill · occupation specific
- 03 consider weather conditions in flight decisions skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held act reliably skill
- already held air traffic control operations knowledge
- already held airport planning knowledge
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
27 held skills the aircraft dispatcher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role air transport law knowledge
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role assist during take off and landing skill
- not needed by the target role assist in the conducting of flight checks 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 common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with checklists skill
- not needed by the target role electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role handle stressful situations in the work place skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role have spatial awareness skill
- not needed by the target role interpret visual literacy skill
- not needed by the target role monitor aviation meteorology skill
- not needed by the target role operate airport control tower skill
- not needed by the target role operate radar equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pre-flight procedures for IFR flights knowledge
- not needed by the target role read 3D displays skill
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role use of air traffic services document skill
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.