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The following is speculative.

Oscar won't get Ozpin's skills. He'll have his own. He'll simply be like Firestorm where Ozpin is like Martin Stein. Also, the latter's intellect will make it easier for Oscar to unlock his own Aura and quickly learn and perhaps master his own natural Semblance.

That's a given.

Logically, the reason falls within one of two categories, first being that no two people have the same Semblance and that's the ability Oz displayed against Cinder, not some Old Wizard of Time whodoo. The second is that if Oz is the Old Man, then this ability to reincarnate is the final trump of his abilities after having granted the four seasons their powers (otherwise, surely, after all these years, he could have easily defeated any number of Vale's enemies). If he's not the Old Man, then transplanting his mind via some unquantifiable time-warp is/was Ozpin's final trump card. In either case, neither leave room for "time-mastery" mischief to become available for Oscar's use. It was neat to see it when we did, but it's not coming back. At least not exactly.