A professional who coordinates activities of and supervises personnel engaged in operation of air traffic control tower, station, or center. Responsibilities include:

• Interprets Federal Aviation Agency directives and places them into effect.
• Adapts procedures to deal with problems or situations not covered by established procedures or policies.
• Organizes and conducts on-the-job training of air-traffic-control specialist, station; air-traffic-control specialist, tower.
• Directs radio searches for overdue or lost aircraft.
• Inspects radio equipment for frequency adjustments and reviews records and reports for clarity and completeness.
• May be designated according to control activity supervised as Chief Controller, Center; Chief Controller, Station; Chief Controller, Tower.