Occupation Atlasaircraft dispatcher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6e785f05-969e-4940-aedb-d0f896bb0230
aircraft dispatcher
Aircraft dispatchers authorise, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to governmental and company regulations. They expedite and ensure flight flow by preparing logs of flights, delays, cancellations, and changes in schedules or flight plans.
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Job Zone
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Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
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Occupational interest profile
CREConventional · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.40
- R Realistic5.27
- E Enterprising2.92
- S Social2.69
- I Investigative1.42
- A Artistic1.00
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 Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance (43-5032.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
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.
- act reliably
- air traffic control operations
- airport planning
- apply airport standards and regulations
- apply company policies
- assist pilot in execution of emergency landing
- aviation meteorology
- calculate aircraft weight
- consider weather conditions in flight decisions
- create a flight plan
- disseminate flight information
- ensure accuracy of aeronautical data
- make time-critical decisions
- meet deadlines
- operate radio equipment
- perform multiple tasks at the same time
- prepare flight dispatch release
- prepare notices to airmen for pilots
- tolerate stress
- use ICT systems
- use different communication channels
- use meteorological information
- work in an aviation team
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 23 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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