aircraft dispatchertoaircraft marshaller
A aircraft dispatcher already meets 23% of what the aircraft marshaller role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
23%
72.2/ 100
1 Share of the aircraft marshaller role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aircraft dispatcher 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 aircraft marshaller role treats 3 of its required skills as things a aircraft dispatcher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply airport standards and regulations
- operate radio equipment
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 10 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft marshaller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aircraft dispatcher background worth leading with.
- already held use ICT systems working with computers
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held operate radio equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the aircraft marshaller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 aircraft marshalling signals required
- required, not held civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held dangers of marshalling activity required
- required, not held ramp safety requirements required
- required, not held execute necessary procedures prior to take off required
- required, not held comply with air traffic control operations required
- required, not held operate follow-me vehicles required
- required, not held perform necessary checks before moving aircraft onto stand required
- required, not held communicate in air traffic services required
- optional, not held respond to changing navigation circumstances optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- required, not held identify airport safety hazards required
- optional, not held write signalling reports optional
- optional, not held handle fuels optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aircraft marshaller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 aircraft marshalling signals knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 execute necessary procedures prior to take off skill · occupation specific
- 03 operate follow-me vehicles skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 4 skills that carry over
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held use ICT systems skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held respond to changing navigation circumstances optional
- optional, not held write signalling reports optional
- optional, not held handle fuels optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
19 held skills the aircraft marshaller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role air traffic control operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role assist pilot in execution of emergency landing skill
- not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
- not needed by the target role calculate aircraft weight skill
- not needed by the target role consider weather conditions in flight decisions skill
- not needed by the target role create a flight plan skill
- not needed by the target role disseminate flight information skill
- not needed by the target role ensure accuracy of aeronautical data skill
- not needed by the target role make time-critical decisions skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- not needed by the target role prepare flight dispatch release skill
- not needed by the target role prepare notices to airmen for pilots skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use meteorological information skill
4 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 aircraft marshalling signals required
- required, not held civil aviation regulations required
- required, not held dangers of marshalling activity required
- required, not held ramp safety requirements required
Other moves recorded from aircraft dispatcher
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.