8644 Radar Air Traffic Control Center Officer: civilian jobs and resume guide
The O*NET Military Crosswalk connects this Radar Air Traffic Control Center Officer designation to Air Traffic Controllers. Review each civilian direction's published work details, then keep only experience you can verify. The connection does not prove that you performed a mapped task.
About this designation: The source identifies this designation as Radar Air Traffic Control Center Officer. Its shared civilian crosswalk evidence does not establish which duties, tools, credentials, or level of responsibility you personally held.
These are the civilian occupations O*NET connects to this military code. They are options to explore—not a ranking, a license, or proof that you performed every duty listed.
Control air traffic on and within vicinity of airport, and movement of air traffic between altitude sectors and control centers, according to established procedures and policies. Authorize, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to government or company regulations to expedite and ensure flight safety.
Typical national pay$104,520–$190,570Median $148,080 · BLS OEWS 2025
Pay can vary by location, employer, schedule, credentials, and experience.
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Requirements and work details
O*NET Job Zone 3: medium preparation is usually needed.
O*NET does not establish a universal civilian license for this occupation. Employers may still require credentials.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems.
Issue landing and take-off authorizations or instructions.
Transfer control of departing flights to traffic control centers and accept control of arriving flights.
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Air Traffic Controller
Summary
Air traffic controller managing aircraft movement within airport vicinity and altitude sectors, ensuring flight safety and compliance with regulations through communication with pilots and coordination with control towers
Experience
Air Traffic Controller
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Informed pilots about nearby planes and hazardous conditions, including weather and visibility problems
Issued landing and take-off authorizations or instructions for aircraft operations
Monitored and directed the movement of aircraft within assigned airspace to minimize delays
Provided flight path changes or directions to emergency landing fields during adverse conditions
Maintained radio contact with adjacent control towers to coordinate aircraft movement
Directed ground traffic, including taxiing aircraft and airport vehicles, to ensure safety
Conducted pre-flight briefings on weather conditions and suggested routes for pilots
Compiling operational data, Reviewing documents for compliance, Choosing transportation routes, Planning flight operations, Adjusting routes or speeds
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Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
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The mapped civilian record lists this task: Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems. Identify comparable experience only if you can verify it.
Also examine this mapped civilian task: Issue landing and take-off authorizations or instructions. Keep it only if your own service evidence supports it.
Capture scope or outcomes only when your own records support them.
Which parts of your Radar Air Traffic Control Center Officer experience can you support when considering the crosswalk direction Air Traffic Controllers?
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Before
Fictional example: In my Radar Air Traffic Control Center Officer assignment, I [verified task] using [verified tool or record].
After
Fictional example: Supported [civilian work area] by [verified task] using [verified tool or record].
Why this wording is fair
Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems.
Issue landing and take-off authorizations or instructions.
Use the pattern, not the sentence: keep it only when the same facts are true for you.
Continue with your confirmed facts
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Publisher and editorial owner: Rung Guru product team.
Editorial reviewer: Rung Guru editorial QA. Approved: 2026-08-09T06:22:46.932580+00:00.
Structured guidance last changed: 2026-08-08. Source-verification dates appear with each source below.
Why: to help veterans evaluate civilian directions and recover truthful resume evidence before entering Rung.
How: deterministic software joined the approved records below. Constrained AI assistance helped draft explanations and evidence prompts from those records; it did not create military codes, civilian mappings, pay figures, credentials, or source facts. Every page remains subject to provenance, prohibited-claim, similarity, and attributed editorial-review checks.
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