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

airport maintenance techniciantoairport chief executive

A airport maintenance technician already meets 25% of what the airport chief executive role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.

From airport maintenance technician
25%
Overlap1
To airport chief executive
10 Skills carried over
20 Required, not held
78.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance A rebuild

78.5/ 100

1 Share of the airport chief executive role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airport maintenance technician 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 chief executive role treats 6 of its required skills as things a airport maintenance technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • airport electrical systems
  • airport safety regulations
  • identify airport safety hazards
  • interact with airport stakeholders
  • report airport security incidents
  • use different communication channels

What stands in the way is 20 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport chief executive role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a airport maintenance technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held comply with regulations on unpaved areas of airports assisting and caring
  • already held visual aid systems in airports services
  • already held ensure functionality of airport lighting systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held airport electrical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held interact with airport stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held report airport security incidents information skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the airport chief executive role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 8 required
  • required, not held direct airport subcontractors required
  • required, not held implement airport emergency plans required
  • required, not held implement improvements in airport operations required
  • required, not held provide assistance to airport users required
  • required, not held liaise with colleagues required
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • required, not held show diplomacy required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
02 management skills 6 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate airport environmental policies required
  • required, not held create an airport master plan required
  • required, not held prepare airport annual budget required
  • required, not held supervise maintenance activities in airports required
  • required, not held consider economic criteria in decision making required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held manage airport workshops optional
  • optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
  • optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held airport environmental regulations required
  • required, not held airport lighting equipment required
  • required, not held airport planning required
04 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor airport service performance required
  • required, not held compile airport certification manuals required
  • optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of airport operations optional
  • optional, not held manage airport vehicle licences optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held airport operating environment required
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT security standards optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a airport chief executive 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held airport electrical systems knowledge
  • already held airport safety regulations knowledge
  • already held identify airport safety hazards skill
  • already held interact with airport stakeholders skill
  • already held report airport security incidents skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held comply with regulations on unpaved areas of airports skill
  • already held ensure functionality of airport lighting systems skill
  • already held visual aid systems in airports knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT security standards optional
  • optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of airport operations optional
  • optional, not held manage airport vehicle licences optional
  • optional, not held manage airport workshops optional
  • optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
  • optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
23 held skills the airport chief executive role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address damage to paved surfaces in airports skill
  • not needed by the target role apply airport lighting cleaning procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role apply airport lighting maintenance procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out preventive airport maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role causes of damage to paved surfaces in airports knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clean contaminants from airport runways skill
  • not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role follow airport snow control plan skill
  • not needed by the target role follow manufacturer guidelines in use of airport equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role handle high voltage of airport lighting skill
  • not needed by the target role keep airport drainage systems functional skill
  • not needed by the target role keep airport runways clear of obstacles skill
  • not needed by the target role keep markings legible skill
  • not needed by the target role keep signs legible skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain availability of spare parts skill
  • not needed by the target role operate various kinds of grass maintenance equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform manual work autonomously skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare notices to airmen for airport terminal services skill
  • not needed by the target role preserve airport maintenance equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role remove snow from airport operational areas skill
  • not needed by the target role schedule maintenance of airport electrical systems skill
  • not needed by the target role work in an aviation team skill
6 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 airport environmental regulations required
  • required, not held airport lighting equipment required
  • required, not held airport operating environment required
  • required, not held airport planning required
  • optional, not held ICT security standards optional
  • optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
Index

Other moves recorded from airport maintenance technician

Full index of moves from airport maintenance technician

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.