aeronautical information specialisttoairport director
A aeronautical information specialist already meets 26% of what the airport director role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
26%
73.9/ 100
1 Share of the airport director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aeronautical information specialist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A airport director role treats 6 of its required skills as things a aeronautical information specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- build business relationships
- ensure client orientation
- have computer literacy
- use different communication channels
- work in an aviation team
- write work-related reports
What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aeronautical information specialist background worth leading with.
- already held apply business acumen management skills
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ensure client orientation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held build business relationships communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the airport director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held implement improvements in airport operations required
- required, not held negotiate sales contracts required
- required, not held provide assistance to airport users required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held implement strategic management required
- required, not held show diplomacy required
- optional, not held implement airport emergency plans optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- required, not held apply airport standards and regulations required
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
- required, not held comply with legal regulations required
- required, not held supervise maintenance activities in airports required
- required, not held manage staff required
- optional, not held prepare airport annual budget optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- required, not held maintain inventory of airport operations required
- required, not held identify airport safety hazards required
- required, not held airport operating environment required
- required, not held airport environmental regulations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a airport director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 airport environmental regulations knowledge · sector specific
- 02 airport operating environment knowledge · sector specific
- 03 apply airport standards and regulations skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held ensure client orientation skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held apply business acumen skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held implement airport emergency plans optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held prepare airport annual budget optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
14 held skills the airport director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role compile data for navigation publications skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety in international aviation skill
- not needed by the target role geographic areas knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services skill
- not needed by the target role manage aeronautical information management services skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
- not needed by the target role test improved aeronautical information management systems skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held airport environmental regulations required
- required, not held airport operating environment required
Other moves recorded from aeronautical information specialist
- aeronautical information service officer 50% covered · moderate
- aviation data communications manager 37% covered · substantial
- aviation communications and frequency coordination manager 34% covered · substantial
- air traffic manager 25% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from aeronautical information specialist
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.