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Where an aircraft engine specialist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an aircraft engine specialist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Aircraft engine specialists advise on maintaining procedures to engines of aircrafts and helicopters. They perform operability tests to components and parts of aircrafts to diagnose suitability for usage and possible operations to improve performance. They interpret and provide support to understand the technical specifications given by manufacturers for application at the airport's premises.

Also known as civilian aircraft engine specialist, rotary maintenance specialist, helicopter mechanic, military aircraft engine specialist, light aircraft engine specialist, aircraft engine technician, aeroplane engine technician, helicopter maintenance specialist, airplane engine specialist, aeroplane engine inspection engineer, engine inspection specialist, aeroplane engine inspection specialist.

Craft and related trades workers 32 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: aircraft maintenance technician, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
aircraft maintenance technici… 72% covered aircraft maintenance engineer 65% covered aircraft assembly inspector 57% covered avionics inspector 57% covered aircraft engine inspector 55% covered aircraft engine specialist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from aircraft engine specialist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an aircraft engine specialist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An aircraft engine specialist needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • follow manufacturer guidelines in use of airport equipment assisting and caring
  • ensure compliance with airport security measures assisting and caring
  • airport safety regulations services
  • diagnose defective engines information skills
  • aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • engine components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • electrical wiring plans engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electromechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manage health and safety standards assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aircraft engine specialist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Aircraft engine specialist is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an aircraft engine specialist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.