Occupation Atlasair force pilot
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c94dc5b2-6b23-4915-8de5-a4e6ae86d802
air force pilot
Air force pilots operate aircrafts in combat missions, patrol missions, or search and rescue missions. They ensure aircraft maintenance, and communicate with air force bases and other vessels to ensure safety and efficiency in operations.
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Job Zone
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- 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 close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (35)
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.
- adapt to changing situations
- air force operations
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- analyse weather forecast
- apply air force procedures
- apply military aviation regulations
- apply signalling control procedures
- aviation meteorology
- civil aviation regulations
- collect real-time geolocation information
- common aviation safety regulations
- comply with air traffic control operations
- ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
- ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
- execute flight plans
- geographic areas
- implement airside safety procedures
- military aviation
- operate cockpit control panels
- operate radar equipment
- operate radio equipment
- operate radio navigation instruments
- operate two-way radio systems
- perform flight manoeuvres
- perform routine flight operations checks
- perform take off and landing
- read 3D displays
- read maps
- surveillance radars
- undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements
- use different communication channels
- use meteorological information
- visual flight rules
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 35 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
commercial pilot
28 shared · 14 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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helicopter pilot
27 shared · 13 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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private pilot
26 shared · 7 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
26 shared · 11 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
26 shared · 17 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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aircraft pilot
23 shared · 1 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
11 shared · 17 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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drone pilot
10 shared · 21 more of its ownperform take off and landing, perform flight manoeuvres, civil aviation regulations, ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
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This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.