cabin crew instructortoair traffic instructor
A cabin crew instructor already meets 36% of what the air traffic instructor role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the air traffic instructor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cabin crew 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 this move works
A air traffic instructor role treats 11 of its required skills as things a cabin crew instructor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply technical communication skills
- assess students
- assist students in their learning
- common aviation safety regulations
- evaluate education programmes
What stands in the way is 18 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 air traffic instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cabin crew instructor background worth leading with.
- already held prepare examinations for vocational courses communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on teaching methods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held evaluate education programmes information skills
- already held coach employees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse work-related written reports information skills
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
All 14 carried skills, including the 11 the air traffic instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 10 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 geographic information systems required
- required, not held geographic areas required
- required, not held geographical routes required
- required, not held meteorology required
- required, not held use meteorological information required
- required, not held evaluate training required
- required, not held interpret visual literacy required
- optional, not held analyse data for aeronautical publications optional
- optional, not held compile data for navigation publications optional
- optional, not held review meteorological forecast data optional
- required, not held teach air traffic control required
- required, not held prepare syllabuses for vocational courses required
- required, not held train staff in navigational requirements required
- optional, not held communicate in air traffic services optional
- required, not held air traffic control operations required
- required, not held aviation meteorology required
- required, not held procedures associated with different air navigation areas required
- required, not held comply with air traffic control operations required
- required, not held use of air traffic services document required
- required, not held air traffic management required
- required, not held air transport law required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a air traffic instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 teach air traffic control skill · occupation specific
- 02 air traffic control operations knowledge · sector specific
- 03 air traffic management knowledge · sector 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 analyse work-related written reports skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held pedagogy knowledge
- already held prepare examinations for vocational courses skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held advise on teaching methods skill
- already held coach employees skill
- already held train employees skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held surveillance radars required
- optional, not held operate airport control tower optional
- optional, not held use modern electronic navigational aids optional
- optional, not held operate radar equipment optional
- optional, not held deal with air traffic issues optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse data for aeronautical publications optional
- optional, not held communicate in air traffic services optional
- optional, not held compile data for navigation publications optional
- optional, not held deal with air traffic issues optional
- optional, not held operate airport control tower optional
- optional, not held review meteorological forecast data optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held use modern electronic navigational aids optional
- optional, not held identify training needs optional
- optional, not held operate radar equipment optional
13 held skills the air traffic instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role carry out pre-flight duties skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
- not needed by the target role monitor customer service skill
- not needed by the target role perform routine flight operations checks skill
- not needed by the target role pre-flight procedures for IFR flights knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide food and beverages skill
- not needed by the target role provide high quality customer service skill
- not needed by the target role satisfy customers skill
- not needed by the target role teach air cabin crew procedures skill
- not needed by the target role teach customer service techniques skill
10 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 control operations required
- required, not held air traffic management required
- required, not held air transport law required
- required, not held aviation meteorology required
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held procedures associated with different air navigation areas required
- required, not held surveillance radars required
- required, not held geographic areas required
- required, not held geographical routes required
- required, not held meteorology 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.