Always there is a question to whether the AIS/AIM profession would need a carrier path for its practitioners to go through. Yes, most staff have not understood this concept. Let me tell you today!
A career pathway enables AIS/AIM staff to explore the available training opportunities within the cadre thus build the pre‐requisites for training on the imminent working positions. Example; PANS‐OPS training, AIS/AIM Inspectors etc.
If you trained for a Basic AIS/AIM course, then you got deployed as AIS/AIM officer and it is obvious that you started working at Aerodrome Reporting Office(ARO)/ Briefing Office for a couple of years. At ARO level you must have went for Advanced AIS/AIM course and off-course some four or five others courses right?
Normally with the experience you have gained, you should get promoted to NOTAM Office gain more experience and attend a bunch of courses. You are almost a Senior staff in AIS/AIM!
Afterwards, you get promoted to AIM PUBLICATION, then to AERONAUTICAL CHARTS/CARTOGRAPHY, then to PANSOPS and ultimately to AIS/AIM Inspectorates level. In each of the promotion you will gain experience and get to train four to five courses. All together you will have earned about 25 different courses.
Now, if we assume you got one course yearly (the entire career path) in that case you are more competent, experienced and a principal to all duties of your profession. Therefore, as an AIS/AIM staff you have spent well your public servant period. Rather, you are a veteran then you could get appointment to lead entire cadre!
