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

aviation ground systems engineertoaviation data communications manager

A aviation ground systems engineer already meets 29% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aviation ground systems engineer
29%
Overlap1
To aviation data communications manager
4 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
62.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.9/ 100

1 Share of the aviation data communications manager 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 aviation data communications manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a aviation ground systems engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • perform risk analysis
  • use different communication channels
  • work in an aviation team
  • 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aviation data communications manager 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 work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform risk analysis information skills
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 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 3 required
  • required, not held communicate in air traffic services required
  • required, not held apply technical communication skills required
  • required, not held present reports required
02 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage flight data communications programme required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
  • optional, not held use databases optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held manage data required
  • required, not held monitor communication channels' performance required
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held tolerate stress required
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aviation data communications manager 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
24 held skills the aviation data communications manager 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 apply airport standards and regulations 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 promote environmental awareness 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
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 common aviation safety regulations 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.