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

airport planning engineertoairport director

A airport planning engineer already meets 37% of what the airport director role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From airport planning engineer
37%
Overlap1
To airport director
9 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
65 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65/ 100

1 Share of the airport director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airport planning engineer 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 director role treats 9 of its required skills as things a airport planning engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • airport environmental regulations
  • apply airport standards and regulations
  • comply with legal regulations
  • have computer literacy
  • identify airport safety hazards
  • implement strategic management

What stands in the way is 13 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 9 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 airport planning engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held airport environmental regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held implement strategic management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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 comply with legal regulations assisting and caring

All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the airport director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 5 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 7 required, 3 supplementary
  • 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 build business relationships required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held ensure client orientation 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
02 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • 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 business acumen optional
  • optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
  • optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • required, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held airport operating environment required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held maintain inventory of airport operations required
Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held airport environmental regulations knowledge
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held comply with legal regulations skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held identify airport safety hazards skill
  • already held implement strategic management skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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 business acumen 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
17 held skills the airport director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role compare contractors' bids skill
  • not needed by the target role compile airport certification manuals skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct airport environmental studies skill
  • not needed by the target role create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement skill
  • not needed by the target role create an airport master plan skill
  • not needed by the target role design customised maps skill
  • not needed by the target role direct airport subcontractors skill
  • not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role geological factors in airport construction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with airport stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role land use for airport planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage airport development resources skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor aviation growth trends skill
  • not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
1 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 operating environment required
Index

Other moves recorded from airport planning engineer

Full index of moves from airport planning engineer

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.