Occupation Atlascommercial pilot
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/523ab5a0-5e72-418d-9d61-a6126a446123
commercial pilot
Commercial pilots navigate flight of fixed-wing and multi-engine aircrafts for the transport of passengers and cargo.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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
CREConventional · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional4.82
- R Realistic4.79
- E Enterprising3.92
- S Social2.57
- I Investigative2.55
- A Artistic1.10
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 Commercial Pilots (53-2012.00): 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 (42)
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
- airport planning
- analyse weather forecast
- apply airport standards and regulations
- apply company policies
- apply signalling control procedures
- aviation meteorology
- balance transportation cargo
- civil aviation regulations
- common aviation safety regulations
- comply with air traffic control operations
- ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
- ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
- execute flight plans
- follow airport safety procedures
- follow ethical code of conduct in transport services
- geographic areas
- have spatial awareness
- identify airport safety hazards
- implement airside safety procedures
- make independent operating decisions
- operate cockpit control panels
- operate radar equipment
- operate radio equipment
- operate radio navigation instruments
- operate two-way radio systems
- perform flight manoeuvres
- perform risk analysis
- perform routine flight operations checks
- perform take off and landing
- pre-flight procedures for IFR flights
- read 3D displays
- read maps
- respond to changing navigation circumstances
- undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements
- use different communication channels
- use meteorological information
- visual flight rules
- 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 42 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
private pilot
32 shared · 1 more of its ownpre-flight procedures for IFR flights, apply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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helicopter pilot
31 shared · 9 more of its ownapply signalling control procedures, respond to changing navigation circumstances, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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airline transport pilot
29 shared · 8 more of its ownbalance transportation cargo, apply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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co-pilot
29 shared · 14 more of its ownbalance transportation cargo, apply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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air force pilot
28 shared · 7 more of its ownexecute flight plans, apply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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aircraft pilot
24 shared · 0 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 traffic controller
13 shared · 19 more of its ownpre-flight procedures for IFR flights, read 3D displays, operate radar equipment, air traffic control operations
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second officer
12 shared · 16 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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