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Overview
Second officers monitor and control aircraft systems during flight, working with pilots before, during and after each journey.
In job descriptions, look for aircraft inspections, cockpit panels, fuel checks, passenger and cargo distribution, engine speed, navigation changes, checklists and minor mechanical adjustments.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Second officers watch aircraft systems while pilots manage the flight path. The work can include pre-flight checks, inflight monitoring, post-flight inspection, small adjustments and clear verbal coordination in the cockpit.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes aircraft flight-control systems, cockpit panels, aviation meteorology, navigation calculations, fuel and load checks, routine flight-operation checks, checklists and basic aircraft maintenance.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by aircraft type, route pattern, cockpit responsibility, systems complexity, shift timing, inspection duties, maintenance scope and the level of operational pressure during abnormal situations.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward broader flight-crew responsibility, aircraft systems instruction, operations checking, technical flight support, maintenance coordination or pilot training where the person meets the relevant entry route.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name aircraft type, cockpit systems, fuel and cargo checks, engine monitoring, navigation support, maintenance tasks, flight phases and communication with pilots.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Passenger air transport
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include helicopter pilot, co-pilot and airline transport pilot.
Explore this activityFreight air transport and space transport
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Another occupation there is co-pilot.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
53-2011.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
51.2Freight air transport and space transport51.1Passenger air transport
Alternative labels
Occupation group
aircraft pilot (3153.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d48d4949-73a2-40d7-8350-329cda6b5a9a |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3153.2.6 |
| ISCO group | 3153 |
| Concept type | Occupation |