Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

airport directortoairport environment officer

A airport director already meets 34% of what the airport environment officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From airport director
34%
Overlap1
To airport environment officer
7 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
58.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.7/ 100

1 Share of the airport environment officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airport director 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

Why this move works

A airport environment officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a airport director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • airport environmental regulations
  • apply airport standards and regulations
  • identify airport safety hazards
  • write work-related reports

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport environment officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a airport director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held airport environmental regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services assisting and caring
  • already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the airport environment officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held comply with wildlife hazard management programmes required
  • required, not held implement environmental protection measures required
  • optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
02 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held coordinate airport environmental policies required
  • required, not held develop environmental policy required
03 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain work area cleanliness required
  • optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held promote environmental awareness required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held conduct airport environmental studies required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held environmental policy required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a airport environment officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held airport environmental regulations knowledge
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held identify airport safety hazards skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
  • already held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held waste management required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
22 held skills the airport environment officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role airport operating environment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
  • not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role implement airport emergency plans skill
  • not needed by the target role implement improvements in airport operations skill
  • not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic management skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of airport operations skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role plan event marketing for promotional campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare airport annual budget skill
  • not needed by the target role provide assistance to airport users skill
  • not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise maintenance activities in airports 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held environmental policy required
  • required, not held waste management required
Index
Note

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.