airport directortoairport operations officer
A airport director already meets 34% of what the airport operations officer role asks for. The move turns on 27 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
76.3/ 100
1 Share of the airport operations 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 this move works
A airport operations officer role treats 9 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
- create solutions to problems
- identify airport safety hazards
- implement airport emergency plans
- implement improvements in airport operations
What stands in the way is 27 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport operations 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.
- already held maintain inventory of airport operations information skills
- already held prepare airport annual budget management skills
- already held implement airport emergency plans communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held supervise maintenance activities in airports management skills
- already held implement improvements in airport operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide assistance to airport users communication, collaboration and creativity
All 28 carried skills, including the 9 the airport operations officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 10 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 inspect airfield facilities required
- required, not held inspect airside area facilities required
- required, not held manage obstacle control required
- required, not held investigate aircraft accidents required
- required, not held manage car park operations required
- required, not held supervise security at manned access gates required
- required, not held monitor aviation meteorology required
- required, not held perform risk analysis required
- optional, not held have spatial awareness optional
- required, not held conduct safe aircraft marshalling required
- required, not held address potential aerodrome hazards required
- required, not held comply with specifications of aerodrome manual required
- required, not held comply with wildlife hazard management programmes required
- required, not held conduct airport security screening required
- required, not held ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures required
- required, not held implement airside safety procedures required
- required, not held implement airside vehicle control provisions required
- required, not held prepare notices to airmen for pilots required
- required, not held communicate verbal instructions required
- required, not held execute working instructions required
- optional, not held adopt a relaxed posture optional
- optional, not held address problems critically optional
- optional, not held listen actively optional
- required, not held manage aircraft parking areas required
- required, not held manage removal of disabled aircraft required
- required, not held anticipate installation maintenance required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- required, not held instructions of aerodrome operations required
- required, not held dangers of marshalling activity required
- optional, not held air traffic control operations optional
- required, not held maintain aerodrome equipment required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a airport operations officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conduct safe aircraft marshalling skill · occupation specific
- 02 implement airside vehicle control provisions skill · occupation specific
- 03 inspect airfield facilities 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 28 skills that carry over
- already held airport environmental regulations knowledge
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held implement airport emergency plans skill
- already held implement improvements in airport operations skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held provide assistance to airport users skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held airport operating environment knowledge
- already held apply business acumen skill
- already held apply strategic thinking skill
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held ensure client orientation skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held implement sales strategies skill
- already held implement strategic management skill
- already held maintain inventory of airport operations skill
- already held negotiate sales contracts skill
- already held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns skill
- already held prepare airport annual budget skill
- already held show diplomacy skill
- already held supervise maintenance activities in airports skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held airport planning required
- required, not held operate radio equipment required
- optional, not held leasing process optional
- optional, not held mark differences in colours optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adopt a relaxed posture optional
- optional, not held air traffic control operations optional
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held address problems critically optional
- optional, not held have spatial awareness optional
- optional, not held leasing process optional
- optional, not held listen actively optional
- optional, not held mark differences in colours optional
1 held skills the airport operations officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
5 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 instructions of aerodrome operations required
- required, not held airport planning required
- required, not held dangers of marshalling activity required
- optional, not held air traffic control operations optional
- optional, not held leasing process optional
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.