Occupation Atlasaircraft pilot
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9a4ba556-e72b-49c2-834c-d6a03a2fc906
aircraft pilot
Aircraft pilots control and navigate aircraft. They operate the mechanical and electrical systems of the aircraft and transport people, mail and freight.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCERealistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic4.74
- C Conventional4.70
- E Enterprising3.81
- I Investigative3.15
- S Social2.50
- A Artistic1.44
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers (53-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (24)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- analyse weather forecast
- apply signalling control procedures
- civil aviation regulations
- common aviation safety regulations
- comply with air traffic control operations
- ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
- ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
- geographic areas
- have spatial awareness
- implement airside safety procedures
- operate cockpit control panels
- operate radar equipment
- operate radio equipment
- operate radio navigation instruments
- operate two-way radio systems
- perform take off and landing
- read 3D displays
- read maps
- undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements
- use different communication channels
- visual flight rules
Optional (64)
- act reliably
- adapt to changing situations
- address aircraft mechanical issues
- air force operations
- airport planning
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply air force procedures
- apply airport standards and regulations
- apply company policies
- apply military aviation regulations
- apply transportation management concepts
- aviation meteorology
- balance transportation cargo
- be friendly to passengers
- carry out navigational calculations
- communicate in air traffic services
- communicate with customers
- comply with checklists
- create a flight plan
- deal with challenging work conditions
- ensure aircraft compliance with regulation
- ensure compliance with types of weapons
- ensure public safety and security
- ensure smooth on board operations
- execute flight plans
- follow airport safety procedures
- follow ethical code of conduct in transport services
- follow verbal instructions
- freight transport methods
- geostationary satellites
- give instructions to staff
- handle customer complaints
- handle stressful situations in the work place
- have computer literacy
- identify airport safety hazards
- identify security threats
- inspect aircraft
- interpret visual literacy
- keep task records
- listen actively
- maintain relationship with customers
- make independent operating decisions
- manage financial risk
- military aviation
- military code
- organise aircraft maintenance
- patrol areas
- perform flight manoeuvres
- perform risk analysis
- perform routine flight operations checks
- perform search and rescue missions
- pre-flight procedures for IFR flights
- prepare transportation routes
- respond to changing navigation circumstances
- respond to customers' inquiries
- run preventive simulations
- supervise crew
- surveillance radars
- tolerate stress
- undertake procedures to meet helicopter flight requirements
- undertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg
- use meteorological information
- work in an aviation team
- write work-related reports
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 24 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
private pilot
24 shared · 9 more of its ownapply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations, implement airside safety procedures
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helicopter pilot
24 shared · 16 more of its ownapply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations, implement airside safety procedures
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commercial pilot
24 shared · 18 more of its ownapply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations, implement airside safety procedures
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air force pilot
23 shared · 12 more of its ownapply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations, implement airside safety procedures
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airline transport pilot
23 shared · 14 more of its ownapply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations, implement airside safety procedures
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co-pilot
23 shared · 20 more of its ownapply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations, implement airside safety procedures
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second officer
8 shared · 20 more of its ownundertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations, read 3D displays, operate cockpit control panels
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air traffic controller
8 shared · 24 more of its ownread 3D displays, operate radar equipment, air traffic control operations, have spatial awareness
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