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

aviation ground systems engineertoairport environment officer

A aviation ground systems engineer already meets 25% of what the airport environment officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aviation ground systems engineer
25%
Overlap1
To airport environment officer
5 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
66.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.4/ 100

1 Share of the airport environment officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aviation ground systems 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 environment officer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a aviation ground systems engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply airport standards and regulations
  • promote environmental awareness
  • write work-related reports

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 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 aviation ground systems engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held promote environmental awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the airport environment officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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, 2 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
  • optional, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held conduct airport environmental studies required
  • required, not held identify airport safety hazards required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held coordinate airport environmental policies required
  • required, not held develop environmental policy required
04 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
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held airport environmental regulations 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held promote environmental awareness skill
  • already held write work-related reports 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
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services optional
  • optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
23 held skills the airport environment officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role airport electrical systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role airport operating environment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse software specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out research on ground systems skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with airport security measures skill
  • not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
  • not needed by the target role global navigation satellite system performance parameters knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ground segment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware architectures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role illegal substances knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with airport stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret visual literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role levels of software testing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role measure software usability skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role read 3D displays skill
  • not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise maintenance activities in airports skill
  • not needed by the target role test ground system performance skill
  • not needed by the target role use ICT equipment in maintenance activities skill
  • not needed by the target role utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
3 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 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.