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Where an airport operations officer can go next

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

Airport operations officers perform supervisory and administrative work monitoring operational activities on an assigned shift at a large airport. They ensure the safe take-off and landing of aircrafts.

Also known as airport director, operations officer, aerodrome operations supervisor, head of airport operations, airport operations manager, airport operations chief, ground operations officer, aerodrome operations coordinator, aerodrome operations officer, chief of airport operations, airport operations coordinator, airport operations supervisor.

Technicians and associate professionals 63 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: airport chief executive, 48%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from airport operations officer, 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 airport operations officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An airport operations officer needs 36 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

implement airside vehicle control provisions communication, collaboration and creativity
inspect airfield facilities information skills
inspect airside area facilities information skills
instructions of aerodrome operations services
maintain aerodrome equipment constructing
manage aircraft parking areas management skills
manage obstacle control information skills
manage removal of disabled aircraft management skills
address potential aerodrome hazards assisting and caring
comply with specifications of aerodrome manual assisting and caring

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an airport operations officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

airport director 34% covered · difficulty 76.3

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Airport operations officer 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 airport operations officer’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.