ground lighting officertoairside safety manager
A ground lighting officer already meets 20% of what the airside safety manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
20%
75.3/ 100
1 Share of the airside safety manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ground lighting officer 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 this move works
A airside safety manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a ground lighting officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply airport standards and regulations
- identify airport safety hazards
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airside safety manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ground lighting officer background worth leading with.
- 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
All 3 carried skills, including the 3 the airside safety manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held ensure annual safety inspections required
- required, not held implement the airside safety auditing system required
- required, not held address potential aerodrome hazards required
- required, not held comply with specifications of aerodrome manual required
- required, not held ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures required
- required, not held supervise airside performance required
- required, not held conduct airport safety inspections required
- required, not held conduct regular aviation research required
- required, not held investigate aircraft accidents required
- required, not held undertake inspections required
- required, not held approve the design of aircraft parking areas required
- optional, not held negotiate health and safety issues with third parties optional
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a airside safety manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 approve the design of aircraft parking areas skill · occupation specific
- 02 ensure annual safety inspections skill · occupation specific
- 03 implement the airside safety auditing system skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 3 skills that carry over
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held negotiate health and safety issues with third parties optional
21 held skills the airside safety manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport lighting equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role artificial lighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role cartography knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role design customised maps skill
- not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
- not needed by the target role differentiate between airfield lighting skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure functionality of airport lighting systems skill
- not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
- not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage risk of lighting failure skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role produce airport lighting system reports skill
- not needed by the target role supervise routine maintenance of airport lighting systems skill
- not needed by the target role train staff in quality procedures skill
- not needed by the target role train staff in safety procedures 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.
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
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.