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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.6 - using precision instrumentation and equipment S8.6.4 - operating communications equipment Operate radar equipment
Description
Operate radar screens and other radar equipment. Ensure that aircraft fly at a safe distance from one another.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 6 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 7 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 3 (Technicians and associate professionals)
Essential for
- Air traffic controllerAir traffic controllers assist pilots by providing height, speed, and course information. They assist pilots in facilitating a safe take-off and landing of aircrafts. They are resp…
- Helicopter pilotHelicopter pilots fly helicopters to transport passengers and cargo from one place to another. They plan flights using aeronautical charts and navigation instruments. Before depart…
- Airline transport pilotAirline transport pilots fly large aircrafts with a maximum take-off weight of more than 5700 kilograms, to transport passengers, mail, or freight on long or short-haul flights for…
- Co-pilotCo-pilots assist 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…
- Private pilotPrivate pilots operate non-commercial airplanes for leisure with a limited amount of seats and engine horsepower. They also provide private transport for people. Duties The duties …
- Airspace managerAirspace managers control activities aimed at developing the European airspace into a continuum that is flexible and reactive to changes of users' needs in airspace. They aim to op…
Optional for
- Air traffic instructorAir traffic instructors train people in all the matters regarding with the operations in air navigation services such as the management of flight traffic and the communication for …
Related skills
- Radars
- Surveillance radars
- Use meteorological information
- Use different communication channels
- Air transport law
- Air traffic control operations
- Aviation meteorology
- Aircraft flight control systems
- Common aviation safety regulations
- Have spatial awareness
- Geographic areas
- Read 3D displays
- Comply with air traffic control operations
- Carry out navigational calculations
Last updated on February 19, 2026
