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co-pilot

Co-pilots are responsible for assisting captains by monitoring the flight instruments, handling radio communications, watching for air traffic, and taking over for the pilot as needed. They adhere to the pilot's commands, flight plans, and regulations and procedures of aviation national authorities, companies, and airports.

Job Zone 3 — Medium Preparation NeededHolland code CRE52 skills on file

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Job Zone

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.

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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 close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.

Typically associated skills

Essential (43)

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.

Optional (9)

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.

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ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 43 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.

airline transport pilot
33 shared · 4 more of its ownundertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg, inspect aircraft, balance transportation cargo, create a flight plan
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helicopter pilot
33 shared · 7 more of its owninspect aircraft, apply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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commercial pilot
29 shared · 13 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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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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air force pilot
26 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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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
20 shared · 8 more of its ownensure smooth on board operations, inspect aircraft, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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air traffic controller
15 shared · 17 more of its ownread 3D displays, operate radar equipment, air traffic control operations, airport planning
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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.