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A cabin crew instructor already meets 24% of what the flight instructor role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
75.9/ 100
1 Share of the flight 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 flight instructor role treats 5 of its required skills as things a cabin crew instructor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply technical communication skills
- assess students
- assist students in their learning
- common aviation safety regulations
- use different communication channels
What stands in the way is 14 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A flight 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 perform routine flight operations checks information skills
- already held evaluate education programmes information skills
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
- already held assist students in their learning communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess students management skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the flight instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 33 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 give theory lessons to pilots required
- required, not held teach flying practices required
- required, not held adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
- required, not held apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- required, not held apply teaching strategies required
- required, not held ensure student welfare required
- required, not held give constructive feedback required
- required, not held prepare lesson content required
- optional, not held provide advice on pilot licence application procedures optional
- optional, not held prepare syllabuses for vocational courses optional
- optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
- optional, not held train air force crew optional
- required, not held assessment processes required
- required, not held curriculum objectives required
- required, not held operate cockpit control panels required
- optional, not held perform flight manoeuvres optional
- optional, not held perform take off and landing optional
- optional, not held undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements optional
- optional, not held operate radio navigation instruments optional
- required, not held aircraft flight control systems required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held visual flight rules optional
- required, not held guarantee students' safety required
- optional, not held apply air force procedures optional
- optional, not held apply military aviation regulations optional
- required, not held monitor developments in field of expertise required
- optional, not held adapt training to labour market optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a flight instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 give theory lessons to pilots skill · occupation specific
- 02 aircraft flight control systems knowledge · sector specific
- 03 teach flying practices 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 9 skills that carry over
- 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 use different communication channels skill
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held perform routine flight operations checks skill
- already held prepare examinations for vocational courses skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held perform classroom management optional
- optional, not held supervise crew optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide advice on pilot licence application procedures optional
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
- optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held perform flight manoeuvres optional
- optional, not held perform take off and landing optional
- optional, not held prepare syllabuses for vocational courses optional
- optional, not held undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements optional
- optional, not held adapt training to labour market optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held apply air force procedures optional
- optional, not held apply military aviation regulations optional
- optional, not held coordinate rescue missions optional
- optional, not held operate radio navigation instruments optional
- optional, not held perform classroom management optional
- optional, not held provide lesson materials optional
- optional, not held supervise crew optional
- optional, not held train air force crew optional
- optional, not held visual flight rules optional
18 held skills the flight instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on teaching methods skill
- not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
- not needed by the target role carry out pre-flight duties 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 conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff 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 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
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
6 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 aircraft flight control systems required
- required, not held assessment processes required
- required, not held curriculum objectives required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
- optional, not held air force operations optional
- optional, not held visual flight rules optional
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.