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

air traffic instructortoairspace manager

A air traffic instructor already meets 45% of what the airspace manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From air traffic instructor
45%
Overlap1
To airspace manager
10 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
55.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.7/ 100

1 Share of the airspace manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the air traffic instructor 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 airspace manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a air traffic instructor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • air traffic control operations
  • air traffic management
  • air transport law
  • interpret visual literacy
  • operate radar equipment
  • use different communication channels

What stands in the way is 9 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 10 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 instructor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held air traffic management business, administration and law
  • 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 air transport law business, administration and law
  • already held use meteorological information information skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the airspace manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 7 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 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held monitor airspace planning required
  • required, not held carry out navigational calculations required
  • required, not held have spatial awareness required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace required
  • required, not held work in an aviation team required
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage aspects of airspace management required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held aircraft flight control systems required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held air traffic control operations knowledge
  • already held air traffic management knowledge
  • already held air transport law knowledge
  • already held interpret visual literacy skill
  • already held operate radar equipment skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held use geographic information systems skill
  • already held aviation meteorology knowledge
  • already held give instructions to staff skill
  • already held use meteorological information skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
32 held skills the airspace manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on teaching methods skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse data for aeronautical publications skill
  • 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 assess students skill
  • not needed by the target role assist students in their learning skill
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate in air traffic services skill
  • not needed by the target role compile data for navigation publications skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with air traffic control operations skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with air traffic issues skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate education programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate training skill
  • not needed by the target role geographic areas knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geographical routes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify training needs skill
  • not needed by the target role meteorology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate airport control tower skill
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
  • 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 procedures associated with different air navigation areas knowledge
  • not needed by the target role review meteorological forecast data skill
  • not needed by the target role surveillance radars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role teach air traffic control skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff in navigational requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
  • not needed by the target role use of air traffic services document skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
3 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 aircraft flight control systems required
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
Index
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.