Air Traffic Controller
Air traffic is growing. In order to guide traffic and to manage the ever increasing flows, skeyes is regularly searching for new and motivated candidate air traffic controllers.
Air traffic is growing. In order to guide traffic and to manage the ever increasing flows, skeyes is regularly searching for new and motivated candidate air traffic controllers.
As an air traffic controller you are responsible for safe and efficient incoming, outgoing and overflying air traffic in the controlled airspace above Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Every year, skeyes controls over 1 million aircraft movements. Both during the day and at night our air traffic controllers are on hand to give the pilots the necessary instructions regarding their flight level, flight paths and most importantly, to ensure that aircrafts remain at a safe distance from one other. Ladies and gentlemen, please board for this exciting job and reach the sky!
Will you help us keep our airspace safe? Become an air traffic controller!
Register now for our recruitment exam!
Simply follow these steps:
1. Registration
Register up to and including 20 March 2019 for our large-scale recruitment exam.
If you pass all the tests, you will start as an Air Traffic Controller trainee in November 2019.
2. 5 selection rounds
Each time you pass a selection round, we will invite you to participate in the next:
The selection round timetable might still change, depending on the number of registrations.
Important! The language in which you register now (Dutch or French) will determine your language group during the whole recruitment process. It is not possible to register in English.
The language group you belong to not only determines the language in which you will receive correspondence from skeyes, but also the language in which the psychological evaluation interview and the group assessment shall be conducted at the exam.
In other words :
If you choose to be considered as of this moment as a Dutch-speaking candidate:
If you choose to be considered as of this moment as a French-speaking candidate:
What are the different steps in the selection process?
Register from Wednesday 20 February 2019 to take part in the recruitment exam.
Before you apply, please make sure you have the following documents:
Your application is only valid if all required documents have been uploaded in the online application form.
After you have registered online, you will receive a confirmation mail from the following mail address: atco_recruitment@skeyes.be
If you have not received that confirmation mail, please make sure to check your spam folder. You can contact us at the above mail address in case you have any questions or encounter any problems.
FEAST (First European Air Traffic Controller Selection Test) is a battery of computer tests that helps Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP's) such as skeyes to identify the most suitable candidates for the job of an air traffic controller. FEAST I, The first phase of FEAST is intended to measure your basic skills and abilities in decision-making, planning ability, memory, logical reasoning, visual perception, attention, multi-tasking and spatial orientation. This phase also includes a test on your English language knowledge.
Once you have successfully passed the FEAST I tests you will be invited to attend a second round of testing. In this second phase (FEAST II) you will do work sample tests. These tests are intended to measure your multi-tasking abilities. The tests are more complex and will require you to perform a number of different tasks at the same time as is done by an Air Traffic Controller. However, it is important to note that pre-knowledge of ATC procedures or other specific knowledge is not required. These tests are designed for beginners with no background in ATC.
If you have succeeded FEAST II, you will be asked to fill in an online personality questionnaire. The purpose of this test is to give insights on your personality traits. There are no right or wrong answers here.
In addition to an oral exam to assess your proficiency of English, you will have to pass a competency-based interview in this round in Dutch or French. During that interview focus will be on a certain number of competences that are essential for successfully performing an air traffic controller’s job.
During the group assessment you will have to complete one individual and two group exercises. You cannot really prepare for this round. The group assessment will be done in Dutch or French.
As a final step in the process, you will be invited for a medical examination. In the regulation named the "Requirements for class 3 medical certificates" you can retrieve the requirements you must fulfil in order to qualify for the job of air traffic controller. This regulation has been made by Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.
Since the medical requirements for air traffic controllers are very strict, we advise you to carefully read the document before enrolling. Blood, blood pressure, lung capacity, nose-ear-throat, hearing, eye sight, etc. will be tested. You may want to contact your own GP / ophthalmologist if you have any doubts about qualifying for this medical exam.
The training to become an air traffic controller consists of two important successive phases :
The Initial Training (IT) will take place in Steenokkerzeel and consists of:
During the Unit Training (UT) the candidate air traffic controller will check the actual air traffic under the supervision of an OJTI ( On the Job Training Instructor). At the end of this second phase, the candidate traffic controller receives a European air traffic controller license.
During the training you will be assessed at different periods. Following the result of each assessment you either go on to the next training course, restart the previous one or stop the training all together. All training courses and assessments (written or oral) are completely conducted in English.
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