Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an aircraft maintenance engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an 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.

Also known as aviation systems technician, air transportation engineer.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from aircraft maintenance engineer, 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 maintenance engineer 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 maintenance engineer needs 31 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
  • manage airport development resources management skills
  • follow manufacturer guidelines in use of airport equipment assisting and caring
  • inspect aircraft for airworthiness information skills
  • ensure compliance with airport security measures assisting and caring
  • repair engines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • airport planning engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • diagnose defective engines information skills
  • evaluate engine performance information skills
  • aircraft flight control systems services
  • aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Aircraft maintenance engineer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 maintenance engineer’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.