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

aviation surveillance and code coordination managertoairport director

A aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already meets 29% of what the airport director role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aviation surveillance and code coordination manager
29%
Overlap1
To airport director
7 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
71 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71/ 100

1 Share of the airport director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager 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 7 of its required skills as things a aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply airport standards and regulations
  • implement improvements in airport operations
  • manage staff
  • supervise maintenance activities in airports
  • use different communication channels
  • work in an aviation team

What stands in the way is 15 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 7 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 aviation surveillance and code coordination manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held supervise maintenance activities in airports management skills
  • already held implement improvements in airport operations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage staff management skills

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the airport director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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 7 required, 3 supplementary
  • 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 implement strategic management 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 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • required, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held maintain inventory of airport operations required
  • required, not held identify airport safety hazards required
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held airport operating environment required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held airport environmental regulations required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required

1 further area in the appendix

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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held implement improvements in airport operations skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held supervise maintenance activities in airports skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 4 supplementary
  • 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
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
22 held skills the airport director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role airport electrical systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate technical standards for global interoperability skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate the allocation of Mode S radars to Interrogator Codes skill
  • not needed by the target role cyber security knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role global navigation satellite system performance parameters knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with airport stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role manage aviation planning skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor airport surveillance infrastructure skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor security measures skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
  • not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role security regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role surveillance radars knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train security officers skill
2 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 operating environment 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.