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

commercial pilottoaircraft pilot

A commercial pilot already meets 68% of what the aircraft pilot role asks for. Every required skill of the target role is already in the profile.

From commercial pilot
68%
Overlap1
To aircraft pilot
45 Skills carried over
0 Required, not held
45.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 45.1

This move: 45.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the aircraft pilot role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the commercial 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 45 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft pilot role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a commercial pilot background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights services
  • already held balance transportation cargo handling and moving
  • already held execute flight plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create a flight plan management skills
  • already held apply signalling control procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements assisting and caring

All 45 carried skills, including the 24 the aircraft pilot role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 43 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 11 supplementary
  • optional, not held be friendly to passengers optional
  • optional, not held ensure aircraft compliance with regulation optional
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
  • optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held apply air force procedures optional
  • optional, not held apply military aviation regulations optional
  • optional, not held comply with checklists optional
  • optional, not held deal with challenging work conditions optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held patrol areas optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 9 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
  • optional, not held communicate in air traffic services optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
  • optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
  • optional, not held respond to customers' inquiries optional
03 information skills 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held carry out navigational calculations optional
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft optional
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
  • optional, not held interpret visual literacy optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
  • optional, not held manage financial risk optional
04 management skills 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure smooth on board operations optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held handle stressful situations in the work place optional
  • optional, not held organise aircraft maintenance optional
  • optional, not held prepare transportation routes optional
  • optional, not held supervise crew optional
05 services 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held military aviation optional
  • optional, not held air force operations optional
  • optional, not held freight transport methods optional
  • optional, not held military code optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held address aircraft mechanical issues optional
  • optional, not held undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements optional
  • optional, not held undertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 45 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 analyse weather forecast skill
  • already held apply signalling control procedures skill
  • already held civil aviation regulations knowledge
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held comply with air traffic control operations skill
  • already held ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations skill
  • already held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations skill
  • already held geographic areas knowledge
  • already held have spatial awareness skill
  • already held implement airside safety procedures skill
  • already held operate cockpit control panels skill
  • already held operate radar equipment skill
  • already held operate radio equipment skill
  • already held operate radio navigation instruments skill
  • already held operate two-way radio systems skill
  • already held perform take off and landing skill
  • already held read 3D displays skill
  • already held read maps skill
  • already held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held visual flight rules knowledge
  • already held adapt to changing situations skill
  • already held airport planning knowledge
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held apply company policies skill
  • already held aviation meteorology knowledge
  • already held balance transportation cargo skill
  • already held create a flight plan skill
  • already held execute flight plans skill
  • already held follow airport safety procedures skill
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
  • already held identify airport safety hazards skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held make independent operating decisions skill
  • already held perform flight manoeuvres skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held perform routine flight operations checks skill
  • already held pre-flight procedures for IFR flights knowledge
  • already held respond to changing navigation circumstances skill
  • already held use meteorological information skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held run preventive simulations optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held surveillance radars optional
09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
10 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
43 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held address aircraft mechanical issues optional
  • optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
  • optional, not held be friendly to passengers optional
  • optional, not held carry out navigational calculations optional
  • optional, not held communicate in air traffic services optional
  • optional, not held ensure aircraft compliance with regulation optional
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
  • optional, not held ensure smooth on board operations optional
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
  • optional, not held inspect aircraft optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held military aviation optional
  • optional, not held perform search and rescue missions optional
  • optional, not held surveillance radars optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements optional
  • optional, not held undertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held air force operations optional
  • optional, not held analyse work-related written reports optional
  • optional, not held apply air force procedures optional
  • optional, not held apply military aviation regulations optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held comply with checklists optional
  • optional, not held deal with challenging work conditions optional
  • optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
  • optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
  • optional, not held freight transport methods optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
  • optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
  • optional, not held handle stressful situations in the work place optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held identify security threats optional
  • optional, not held interpret visual literacy optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
  • optional, not held manage financial risk optional
  • optional, not held military code optional
  • optional, not held organise aircraft maintenance optional
  • optional, not held patrol areas optional
  • optional, not held prepare transportation routes optional

3 further entries not listed here

0 held skills the aircraft pilot role does not ask for
Skill Type
6 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
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
  • optional, not held military aviation optional
  • optional, not held surveillance radars optional
  • optional, not held air force operations optional
  • optional, not held freight transport methods optional
  • optional, not held military code optional
Index

Other moves recorded from commercial pilot

Full index of moves from commercial pilot

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.