Where an aircraft marshaller can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an aircraft marshaller already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Aircraft marshallers signal pilots to assist them in operations such as turning, slowing down, stopping, and shutting down engines. They lead aircrafts to their parking stands or to the runway. They also indicate directions to the pilots by driving a "follow-me" car.
Also known as aeroplane signal crewman, aeroplane ground handler, aeroplane marshaller, aircraft ground handler, ground marshaller, aircraft signal crewman, marshaller, marshaller of aircraft, aircraft ground marshaller.
Service and sales workers 18 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: aviation communications and frequency coordination manager, 27%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- aviation communications and frequency coordination manager 27% covered · difficulty 66.4
- airport environment officer 23% covered · difficulty 68.2
- aviation data communications manager 22% covered · difficulty 68
- airside safety manager 20% covered · difficulty 75.3
- private pilot 19% covered · difficulty 83.3
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An aircraft marshaller needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- aircraft marshalling signals services
- execute necessary procedures prior to take off assisting and caring
- operate follow-me vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- perform necessary checks before moving aircraft onto stand working with machinery and specialised equipment
- ramp safety requirements services
- dangers of marshalling activity services
- communicate in air traffic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- civil aviation regulations services
- comply with air traffic control operations assisting and caring
- identify airport safety hazards information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aircraft marshaller does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Aircraft marshaller is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an aircraft marshaller’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.