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F07A Air Traffic Control Manager

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Overview

The Air Traffic Control Manager manages air traffic control functions at sea and shore facilities. This manager oversees manpower, equipment, natural resources, reporting, airspace, and instrument procedures.

Core Skills

  • Airspace and instrument procedure management
  • Sea and shore ATC resource management

Civilian Career Paths

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Air Traffic Controllers

Managing sea and shore air traffic control functions, including airspace and instrument procedures, provides directly relevant operational experience.

How to prepare: Audit your certification, facility-rating and live-separation records against the FAA experienced-controller route before choosing a hiring route. That route requires 52 consecutive weeks of full-time active traffic separation after certification or facility rating within five years of application at an eligible FAA, DOD, National Guard or FAA-contract facility, excludes pre-certification training time, allows no educational substitute, and sets a maximum original-appointment age of 35.

What the civilian work involves
  • Issue landing and take-off authorizations or instructions.
  • Provide flight path changes or directions to emergency landing fields for pilots traveling in bad weather or in emergency situations.
  • Transfer control of departing flights to traffic control centers and accept control of arriving flights.

Notes & Sources

  • FAA entry-level applicants must be under 31 and have one year of progressively responsible work experience, a bachelor's degree, or combined postsecondary education and work experience totaling one year; they must also pass the ATSA and other required pre-employment tests and speak English clearly over communications equipment.
  • Both FAA routes require U.S. citizenship and medical screening. Entry-level hiring also requires a security investigation; the supplied experienced-controller notice lists Secret clearance, drug testing and willingness to work at any FAA facility. That notice is a resume repository, not a guaranteed opening.
  • FAA entry-level preparation includes Academy training followed by 2 to 3 years of classroom and on-the-job training before professional certification. Experienced hires enter the appropriate field-training phase and may also need Academy courses; controllers must requalify medically each year.
  • The F07A description documents management duties, not the required post-certification live-separation history. CATCC or JTAC labels alone do not establish that history. FAA hiring gates should not be treated as universal non-FAA employer requirements.
Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC F07A

    [1] NEC entry "F07A - Air Traffic Control Manager"; cached text line 5085; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Airspace and instrument procedure management, Sea and shore ATC resource management, Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  2. O*NET: Air Traffic Controllers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  3. FAA: Air Traffic Controller Qualifications

    [3] Minimum qualifications and training requirements; official page updated 2025-02-27, checked 2026-09-24. Current entry-level threshold is one year, not the older three-year wording.

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  4. FAA 2026 experienced Air Traffic Control Specialist direct-hire notice

    [4] FAA-FAA-26-PUB NOT-96466: Duties, Conditions of employment, Qualifications, Education. Checked 2026-09-24; a resume repository, not a guarantee of an opening or appointment.

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Air Traffic Controllers

    [5] How to Become an Air Traffic Controller; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Air Traffic Controllers (O*NET 53-2021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for F07A

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