air traffic controllertoairspace manager
A air traffic controller already meets 64% of what the airspace manager role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 40.1 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the airspace manager 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airspace manager 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 celestial navigation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held carry out navigational calculations information skills
- 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 have spatial awareness information skills
All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the airspace manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 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 apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace required
- required, not held work in an aviation team required
- required, not held air traffic management required
- required, not held monitor airspace planning required
- required, not held manage aspects of airspace management required
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a airspace manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace skill · occupation specific
- 02 manage aspects of airspace management skill · occupation specific
- 03 monitor airspace planning 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held air traffic control operations knowledge
- already held air transport law knowledge
- already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- already held carry out navigational calculations skill
- already held celestial navigation knowledge
- already held electronic communication knowledge
- already held have spatial awareness skill
- already held interpret visual literacy skill
- already held operate radar equipment skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held act reliably skill
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
22 held skills the airspace manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
- not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations 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 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 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 handle stressful situations in the work place skill
- not needed by the target role have computer 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 perform multiple tasks at the same time 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 tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use of air traffic services document skill
1 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 air traffic management 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.