Occupation Atlashelicopter pilot
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/476420bb-2577-4f79-ad32-186f19c4fd02
helicopter pilot
Helicopter pilots fly helicopters in order to transport passengers and cargo from one place to another. They plan flights using aeronautical charts and navigation instruments. Prior to departure, they inspect helicopters following checklists to detect leaking hydraulic fluid, inoperative control, low fuel level, or other unsafe conditions.
Job Zone
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- 4
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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 (40)
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.
- address aircraft mechanical issues
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- airport planning
- analyse weather forecast
- apply signalling control procedures
- aviation meteorology
- civil aviation regulations
- common aviation safety regulations
- comply with air traffic control operations
- comply with checklists
- ensure aircraft compliance with regulation
- ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
- ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
- follow verbal instructions
- freight transport methods
- geographic areas
- handle stressful situations in the work place
- have spatial awareness
- implement airside safety procedures
- inspect aircraft
- interpret visual literacy
- 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
- read 3D displays
- read maps
- respond to changing navigation circumstances
- undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements
- undertake procedures to meet helicopter 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 40 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
co-pilot
33 shared · 10 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
31 shared · 11 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
30 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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private pilot
28 shared · 5 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
27 shared · 8 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
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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second officer
19 shared · 9 more of its owninspect aircraft, address aircraft mechanical issues, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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air traffic controller
14 shared · 18 more of its ownread 3D displays, operate radar equipment, air traffic control operations, airport planning
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