Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
RecordOccupation

Where a aircraft maintenance engineer can go next

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

Aircraft maintenance engineers make preflight and postflight inspections, adjustments, and minor repairs to ensure safe and sound performance of aircrafts. They inspect aircraft prior to takeoff to detect malfunctions such as oil leaks, electrical or hydraulic problems. They verify passenger and cargo distribution and amount of fuel to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met.

Technicians and associate professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: avionics technician, 57%

avionics technician 57% covered avionics inspector 55% covered aircraft engine tester 54% covered rolling stock engine tester 53% covered aircraft engine inspector 52% covered aircraft maintenance engi… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from aircraft maintenance engineer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a aircraft maintenance engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Index

Look up another occupation

aircraft maintenance engineer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a aircraft maintenance engineer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.