rail project engineertoairport planning engineer
A rail project engineer already meets 25% of what the airport planning engineer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
25%
74.3/ 100
1 Share of the airport planning engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the rail project 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 this move works
A airport planning engineer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a rail project engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- comply with legal regulations
- design customised maps
- have computer literacy
- manage budgets
- use different communication channels
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 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport planning engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a rail project engineer background worth leading with.
- already held design customised maps communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held promote environmental awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held comply with legal regulations assisting and caring
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
- already held manage budgets management skills
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the airport planning engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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.
- required, not held direct airport subcontractors required
- required, not held interact with airport stakeholders required
- required, not held work in an aviation team required
- required, not held compare contractors' bids required
- required, not held implement strategic management required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- required, not held monitor aviation growth trends required
- required, not held compile airport certification manuals required
- required, not held execute feasibility study required
- optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
- optional, not held identify airport safety hazards optional
- required, not held geological factors in airport construction required
- required, not held land use for airport planning required
- optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
- required, not held create an airport master plan required
- required, not held manage airport development resources required
- optional, not held create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement optional
- required, not held apply airport standards and regulations required
- optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a airport planning engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 geological factors in airport construction knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 land use for airport planning knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 monitor aviation growth trends 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held design customised maps skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held promote environmental awareness skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
- optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
- optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
- optional, not held create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement optional
- optional, not held identify airport safety hazards optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
32 held skills the airport planning engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role assess railway operations skill
- not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
- not needed by the target role carry out navigational calculations skill
- not needed by the target role carry out project activities skill
- not needed by the target role comprehend financial business terminology skill
- not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
- not needed by the target role draft project documentation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure implementation of subsidence mitigation measures skill
- not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with rail experts skill
- not needed by the target role maintain a central project repository skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage railway construction projects skill
- not needed by the target role manage tender processes skill
- not needed by the target role monitor work site skill
- not needed by the target role organise project meetings skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role prepare railway technical studies skill
- not needed by the target role project configuration management knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote innovative infrastructure design skill
- not needed by the target role rail construction engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role rail design engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role railway framework legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in a rail transport team skill
- not needed by the target role write technical reports 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.
- required, not held geological factors in airport construction required
- required, not held land use for airport planning required
- optional, not held airport environmental regulations optional
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.