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A cabin crew instructor already meets 22% of what the flight attendant role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
22%
80.4/ 100
1 Share of the flight attendant 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 flight attendant role treats 7 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
- carry out pre-flight duties
- common aviation safety regulations
- conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises
- give instructions to staff
- perform routine flight operations checks
What stands in the way is 24 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A flight attendant 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 carry out pre-flight duties management skills
- already held conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises management skills
- already held provide food and beverages assisting and caring
- already held perform routine flight operations checks information skills
- already held analyse work-related written reports information skills
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the flight attendant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 32 missing skills fall into 8 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 assist passengers required
- required, not held serve food in table service required
- required, not held comply with food safety and hygiene required
- required, not held deal with challenging work conditions required
- required, not held deliver outstanding service required
- required, not held greet guests required
- required, not held manage the customer experience required
- required, not held provide first aid required
- optional, not held assist at check-in optional
- optional, not held be friendly to passengers optional
- optional, not held provide information to passengers optional
- required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
- required, not held sell souvenirs required
- required, not held communicate verbal instructions required
- required, not held execute flight plans required
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held handle customer complaints required
- required, not held maintain customer service required
- required, not held upsell products required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- required, not held handle financial transactions required
- required, not held handle stressful situations in the work place required
- required, not held process customer orders required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- required, not held inspect cabin service equipment required
- required, not held prepare flight reports required
- required, not held air transport law required
- required, not held airport planning required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a flight attendant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 air transport law knowledge · sector specific
- 02 airport planning knowledge · sector specific
- 03 assist passengers skill · 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held analyse work-related written reports skill
- already held carry out pre-flight duties skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises skill
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held perform routine flight operations checks skill
- already held provide food and beverages skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held handle veterinary emergencies required
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist at check-in optional
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held be friendly to passengers optional
- optional, not held provide information to passengers optional
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
19 held skills the flight attendant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on teaching methods 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 communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate education programmes 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 pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role pre-flight procedures for IFR flights knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare examinations for vocational courses 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
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
2 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 transport law required
- required, not held airport planning 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.