ABSTRACT
Air traffic control job descriptions become voluminous if they cover the functions, duties and responsibilities of the job, the nature of the work, the individual qualities required for it, and some mention of conditions of employment including its organizational and managerial aspects. In air traffic control, apparently different jobs in different locations can share the same job title, or nominally different jobs can be very similar. Air traffic control policies on similarities and differences between jobs have to be promulgated, with or without the support of job analyses and job descriptions. Air traffic control can give an initial impression that quite a simple taxonomy of tasks and functions would be sufficient for a complete description of it. A military air defence exercise may require new control positions to be staffed, rather than a splitting or amalgamation of existing ones, and so may the provision of an air traffic control service at small airports used primarily for leisure flying.
