Where a aviation meteorologist can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a aviation meteorologist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Aviation meteorologists forecast weather conditions in airports. They provide day-to-day, hour-to-hour observations, analysis, forecasts, warnings, and advice to pilots, airport operators and airlines in meteorological matters. They report weather conditions expected at airports, current conditions, and en route forecasts.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 30%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 0difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 24required or supplementary
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- weather forecaster 30% covered · difficulty 63.2
- aviation data communications manager 29% covered · difficulty 62.4
- aeronautical information service officer 26% covered · difficulty 63.9
- aviation communications and frequency coordination manager 23% covered · difficulty 69.6
- climatologist 23% covered · difficulty 70.1
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aviation meteorologist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a aviation meteorologist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.