Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an airport planning engineer can go next

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

Airport planning engineers manage and coordinate the planning, design, and development programs in airports.

Also known as aviation development planner, airport planning manager, airport development engineer, airport development director.

Professionals 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: airport environment officer, 45%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
airport environment officer 45% covered airport director 37% covered aviation data communications … 29% covered airport chief executive 29% covered aviation communications and f… 27% covered airport planning engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from airport planning 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 airport planning engineer 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 planning engineer needs 19 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
  • geological factors in airport construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • land use for airport planning engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • monitor aviation growth trends information skills
  • compile airport certification manuals information skills
  • create an airport master plan management skills
  • direct airport subcontractors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage airport development resources management skills
  • design customised maps communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interact with airport stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • compare contractors' bids communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Airport planning engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 planning 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.