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egarding how the job is currently performed by job Activity followed by a description of the future job organized by NextGen Driver. SUMMARY NextGen is a complex initiative consisting of a conglomeration of interrelated concepts supporting a vision of increased NAS efficiency and throughput. However, as of November 2010, much of the documentation was still written in very high level terms. AIR’s data collection, review, and synthesis processes described above were designed to operationalize those ideas. This process ultimately resulted in a list of NextGen Drivers that are likely to affect the job of ATCT line controllers in the mid-term, which were then evaluated to determine their impact on the job in 2018. However, before the Drivers and their impact on the job are described, an explanation of the organization of the FAA’s current job information is presented in Section III to help readers familiarize themselves with the structure because it is also used to organize information about the job as it will exist in the NextGen mid-term. 18
Section III. Characteristics of Current ATCT Work and Workers In this section of the report, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) describes the job of the Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) line controller as it is performed today. Although readers of this report are likely to be familiar with the Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) job, this section describes how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) organizes information about the job (i.e., the job analysis data). For example, information about the current job is organized in a hierarchy of increasingly detailed job responsibilities for which ATCSs are held accountable. Job analysis data also capture the characteristics of workers, including the Knowledges, Skills, Abilities, and Other Personal Characteristics (KSAOs) required to perform the job well and the Tools and Equipment they use on the job (see Appendix A for all job analytic data). Understanding this organizational structure is critical for interpreting the NextGen 2018 job description (see Section V), because the description is organized in a similar fashion. CURRENT ATCT J OB CHARACTERISTICS As previously stated, ATCS work that is currently performed in the ATCT environment is captured in hierarchical fashion. Tasks capture the most detailed aspects of the job and are grouped into higher level categories called Sub-Activities, which are further grouped into higher level categories called Activities. The following description of the current job is organized according to the 11 job Activities of ATCT controllers: • Activity 1. Establish Situation Awareness • Activity 2. Manage Communications • Activity 3. Manage Flight Plan Data • Activity 4. Manage Air Traffic • Activity 5. Resolve Conflicts • Activity 6. Manage Departing and Arriving Traffic • Activity 7. Transfer of Radar Identification • Activity 8. Assess Impact of Weather • Activity 9. Manage Airspace and Movement Areas • Activity 10. Manage Resources • Activity 11. Respond to Emergencies and Unusual Situations Each of these is described below. Current ATCT Activity 1: Establish Situation Awareness Activity 1 for ATCT line controllers includes the responsibility to achieve and maintain optimal situation awareness about events that either are taking place or will take place in their assigned area(s) of responsibility. Situation awareness begins as controllers accept responsibility for the control position, is maintained throughout their position assignment, and ends when they transfer their situation awareness to the relieving controller. As ATCT line controllers begin working their assigned positions, they must relieve other controllers who are responsible for positions. During this period, relieving controllers must become thoroughly familiar with the current status of the position for which they will be responsible. These controllers access current and predicted operational information by observing 19
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Driver Impact Summary Overall, the
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Transfer of control requirements) a
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controllers’ memory. However, dem
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controller. If the Computer-Human I
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need to add a new Other Personal Ch
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in unrealized benefits from the inv
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Tasks (T) Knowledges (K) Skills (Sk
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while determining the appropriate d
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working properly, because they will
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creates a threat to safety due to t
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and Skills required to support basi
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Risks Associated With the New Work
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References American Institutes for
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ATCT Activities, Sub-Activities, an
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ATCS Other Personal Characteristics
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Potential Risk to ATCT Driver Matri
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Reviewed References ADS-B Aviation
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http://www.slidefinder.net/f/faa_wa
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U.S. Department of Transportation,
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