21st+Century+Career

Air Traffic Controller

 Job Description: Air traffic controllers work forty hours a week and work for additional hours, for which they receive extra pay. They work twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. At night workers switch shifts, the same with weekends. Air traffic controllers keep the pilots aware of the weather, and the status of the run way when planes are leaving or coming in. To become an air traffic controller you need special skills like speaking, active learning, active listening, and a good sense of right and wrong judgement. There are three types of Air traffic Controllers: Terminal or Tower Controllers, Route Center Controller, and a Flight service station Controller. Terminal or Tower Controllers assist pilots with landing and when coming in instructions, or information. Route Center Controllers informs the pilot about flight conditions between air ports. A Flight Service Controller provides assistance to pilots in emergency situations, pre-flight, and in-flight. Air traffic controllers work in towers in front of the runways so they have a clear view of the runway.

 Educational Requirements: To be an air traffic you need to have experience through the FAA or the department of defense. You also must have completed a full four years of collage, and one year of under graduate study. Also you have to be an applicant successfully completed an aviation related program through the FAA. Also to be and air traffic controller you need to be educated in how to use computers and electronics, along with being good at math, physics, and you have to know English. To be an air traffic controller you need to be aware of the methods of transportation, which means you need to know ho to move people or goods around by air, rail, sea, or road.

 Potential and Starting Earnings : Beginners are paid between 45,020 - 60,303 dollars. You can make up to 161,000 dollars after years of experience but most are paid anywhere from 71,050 and 143,780 dollars.

 Job Outlook: Air traffic controlling has very fast employing growth because of people retiring Employment of air traffic controllers is predicted to rise by thirteen percent from 2010 to 2018. 

Here are some websites that will help you understand more about Air Traffic Controllers:

http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/trans02.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_controller http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos108.htm http://www.howstuffworks.com/air-traffic-control.htm http://www.thirtythousandfeet.com/atc.htm

Here are videos of what its like to be a Air Traffic Controller: http://www.faa.gov/jobs/job_opportunities/airtraffic_controllers/ http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/understanding-air-traffic-control-air-traffic-controllers.html http://videos.howstuffworks.com/faa/2103-how-air-traffic-control-works-from-the-faa-video.htm