Air traffic controllers tell airplanes when to land and take off.

Giving instructions on landing and take off to pilots.
• Watch where planes are in the air using radar, or on the ground.
• Give flight path changes to pilots for emergency landings.
• Alert airport emergency services.

• Work in air traffic control towers at airports.
• Work all hours, nights, and weekends.

• Computers
• Radar Systems
• Radios or Phones
• Pilots
• Airfield Personnel
• Binoculars
• Cameras
• Flight Simulation Programs

• Most have a high school diploma.
• Many have some college classes.
• Some have a 2 year or 4 year degree from a college.
• Most have on the job training and work experience.
• A person must complete a FAA program,and between 18-30 years old.
• Have 3 years of full time work experience, or 4 years of college or both.
• Must pass a health exam once each year.
• Must pass a job exam two times each year.
• All must pass a test and on the job training.

• Locomotive Engineer
• Transportation Technician
• Airfield Operations Specialist

• English
• Reading
• Writing
• Geography
• Computers

• Dot to Dot Go
• Air, Water, or Land?

• Airport by Byron Barton
• National Geographic Readers: Planes (National Geographic Kids: Science Reader Level 1 by Amy Shields
• Richard Scarry's A Day at the Airport by Richard Scarry
• The Noisy Airplane Ride by Mike Downs
• A Day at an Airport (Time Goes By) by: Sarah Harrison
• The Great Airport Mystery (Hardy Boys, Book 9) by Franklin W. Dixon
• Gila Monsters Meet You At the Airport (Reading Rainbow Book) by: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• Airport (Usborne Sticker Books) by Dan Crisp
• Planes at the Airport by Peter Mandel and Ed Miller
• Airport (with magnets) Usborne Magnet Books by Felicity Brooks, Matt Durber, and Gustavo Mazali
• 50 Things to Spot at the Airport (Activity Cards) by Struan Reid and katrina Fearn
• Busy Airport: A lift the flap learning book by Gaby Goldsack and Jan Smith

• Career Town Ticket Typing
• Career Town Career Day Which Way?
• PBS Kids Migration Adventure

• VA VIEW Career Search
• ONET Online
• BLS Online