Assistant Air Traffic Controller
 

Hi, does anyone know what recruiters are looking for when hiring ATCO assistants?

Does anyone know what tests to expect?

JH

I did my interview for NATS in 1967 but I was told:
Read the national news papers on the way to your interview and digest anything aviation however insignificant.
Try to do something connected with aviation; I was a member of the Air Training Corps (now called Air Cadets) and was training to be a gliding instructor.
There were no 'selection tests' as such.
I was selected; did 2 1/2 years as an Air Traffic Control assistant, got promoted to Air Traffic Control Officer.
If you elect to join via the RAF, I think career progression is a bit quicker however there were selection tests with the RAF.

They were Assistant Air Traffic Controllers in my day, not ATCO assistants.

No assistants in RAF now. They're Specialists.
Contact your local AFCO for joining requirements if you're interested.

And in civil parlance.they're 'Air Traffic Services Assistants'.