Description
Manage and separate air traffic in and around airports and across assigned airspace, issuing clearances and instructions to ensure safe, orderly, and expeditious flight operations in compliance with procedures and regulations.
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Customer and Personal Service
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
- • Geography
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
Communications
- • Telecommunications
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Writing
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Active Learning
- • Learning Strategies
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Coordination
- • Instructing
- • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
- • Systems Analysis
- • Systems Evaluation
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
- • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Fluency of Ideas
- • Originality
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Quantitative Abilities
- • Mathematical Reasoning
- • Number Facility
Memory
- • Memorization
Perceptual Abilities
- • Speed of Closure
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
- • Time Sharing
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
- • Visual Color Discrimination
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Auditory Attention
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Related specializations
Interview options
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Interviewee accent
Interview time
Related Pathways
Supply Chain & Transportation
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
