aircraft pilottoairspace manager
A aircraft pilot already meets 61% of what the airspace manager role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
61%
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1 Share of the airspace manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aircraft pilot 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 this move works
A airspace manager role treats 9 of its required skills as things a aircraft pilot already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- carry out navigational calculations
- have spatial awareness
- interpret visual literacy
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
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 aircraft pilot background worth leading with.
- 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 follow airport safety procedures assisting and caring
- already held have spatial awareness information skills
All 14 carried skills, including the 9 the airspace manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 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.
- required, not held air traffic management required
- required, not held apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace required
- required, not held electronic communication required
- required, not held monitor airspace planning required
- required, not held manage aspects of airspace management required
- required, not held celestial navigation required
1 further area in the appendix
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 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 work in an aviation team skill
- already held act reliably skill
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held follow airport safety procedures skill
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
74 held skills the airspace manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role address aircraft mechanical issues skill
- not needed by the target role air force operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse weather forecast skill
- not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
- not needed by the target role apply air force procedures skill
- not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role apply military aviation regulations skill
- not needed by the target role apply signalling control procedures skill
- not needed by the target role apply transportation management concepts skill
- not needed by the target role balance transportation cargo skill
- not needed by the target role be friendly to passengers skill
- not needed by the target role civil aviation regulations knowledge
- 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 communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role comply with air traffic control operations skill
- not needed by the target role comply with checklists skill
- not needed by the target role create a flight plan skill
- not needed by the target role deal with challenging work conditions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure aircraft compliance with regulation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role ensure ongoing compliance with regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role ensure smooth on board operations skill
- not needed by the target role execute flight plans skill
- not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role freight transport methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role geographic areas knowledge
- not needed by the target role geostationary satellites knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints 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 identify airport safety hazards skill
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role implement airside safety procedures skill
34 further entries not listed here
3 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
- required, not held celestial navigation required
- required, not held electronic communication 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.