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

air traffic safety techniciantoair traffic controller

A air traffic safety technician already meets 33% of what the air traffic controller role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From air traffic safety technician
33%
Overlap1
To air traffic controller
11 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
71.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.7/ 100

1 Share of the air traffic controller role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the air traffic safety technician 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 controller role treats 11 of its required skills as things a air traffic safety technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • air traffic control operations
  • air transport law
  • aircraft flight control systems
  • assist in the conducting of flight checks
  • aviation meteorology
  • common aviation safety regulations

What stands in the way is 21 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A air traffic controller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a air traffic safety technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assist in the conducting of flight checks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held use of air traffic services document assisting and caring
  • already held operate radar equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held air traffic control operations services
  • already held electrical systems used in transportation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held air transport law business, administration and law

All 11 carried skills, including the 11 the air traffic controller role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 9 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assist during take off and landing required
  • required, not held apply technical communication skills required
  • required, not held execute working instructions required
  • required, not held give instructions to staff required
  • required, not held stay alert required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
02 information skills 6 required
  • required, not held carry out navigational calculations required
  • required, not held analyse work-related written reports required
  • required, not held have spatial awareness required
  • required, not held interpret visual literacy required
  • required, not held monitor aviation meteorology required
  • required, not held read 3D displays required
03 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held apply airport standards and regulations required
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • required, not held comply with checklists required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held airport planning required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
05 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held handle stressful situations in the work place required
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held celestial navigation required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a air traffic controller 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held air traffic control operations knowledge
  • already held air transport law knowledge
  • already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
  • already held assist in the conducting of flight checks skill
  • already held aviation meteorology knowledge
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held operate radar equipment skill
  • already held use meteorological information skill
  • already held use of air traffic services document skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held operate airport control tower required
09 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
44 held skills the air traffic controller role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address aircraft mechanical issues skill
  • not needed by the target role advise aircraft in hazardous conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role air traffic management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role aircraft mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role airport electrical systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess operating cost skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out preventive airport maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with air traffic control operations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct airport safety inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct safe aircraft marshalling skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with air traffic issues skill
  • not needed by the target role debug software skill
  • not needed by the target role design control systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design electronic systems skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure aircraft compliance with regulation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety in international aviation skill
  • not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety skill
  • not needed by the target role global navigation satellite system performance parameters knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement airside safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role implement safety management systems skill
  • not needed by the target role implement the airside safety auditing system skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect aircraft for airworthiness skill
  • not needed by the target role install electrical and electronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role install software skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage air navigation services skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor customer safety on apron skill
  • not needed by the target role operate cockpit control panels skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
  • not needed by the target role perform aircraft maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role perform necessary checks before moving aircraft onto stand skill
  • not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role surveillance radars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test circuitry skill
  • not needed by the target role test electrical equipment skill

4 further entries not listed here

4 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 airport planning required
  • required, not held celestial navigation required
  • required, not held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
Index

Other moves recorded from air traffic safety technician

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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.