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

aviation inspectortoaviation safety officer

A aviation inspector already meets 18% of what the aviation safety officer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aviation inspector
18%
Overlap1
To aviation safety officer
4 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
77.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

77.4/ 100

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

  • aviation standards and recommended practices
  • common aviation safety regulations
  • work in an aviation team

What stands in the way is 14 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 safety officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aviation inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held aviation standards and recommended practices services
  • already held airport operating environment business, administration and law
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the aviation safety officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 6 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 6 required
  • required, not held implement safety management systems required
  • required, not held carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency required
  • required, not held ensure data protection in aviation operations required
  • required, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
  • required, not held follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety required
  • required, not held adhere to standards of national and international safety programmes required
02 services 3 required
  • required, not held framework for a safety management system required
  • required, not held airport safety regulations required
  • required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held stay alert required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held report airport security incidents required
  • required, not held identify airport safety hazards required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held perform safety data analysis required
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aviation safety 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held aviation standards and recommended practices knowledge
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
  • already held airport operating environment knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
26 held skills the aviation safety officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role airworthiness directives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct aviation auditing skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct flight proficiency checks skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct quality assurance inspections on fuel operations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct regular aviation research skill
  • not needed by the target role enforce fuel storage regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate implementation of safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect aircraft documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate aircraft accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role issue waivers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor airworthiness certifications skill
  • not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform inspections required by international conventions skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare audit activities skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare aviation equipment and facilities for training purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • not needed by the target role procedures associated with different air navigation areas knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use technical documentation 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 framework for a safety management system required
  • required, not held airport safety regulations required
  • required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
Index

Other moves recorded from aviation inspector

Full index of moves from aviation inspector

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.