Where an aviation data communications manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an aviation data communications manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Aviation data communications managers perform the planning, implementation and maintenance of data transmission networks. They support data processing systems linking participant user agencies to central computers.
Also known as aviation data communications officer, aviation data communications contractor, data communications manager in aviation, aviation data communications consultant, aviation data communications specialist, aviation sector data manager.
Technicians and associate professionals 15 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: aviation communications and frequency coordination manager, 66%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An aviation data communications manager 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.
- manage flight data communications programme working with computers
- monitor communication channels' performance information skills
- communicate in air traffic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- manage data information skills
- common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
- tolerate stress management skills
- perform risk analysis information skills
- present reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- apply technical communication skills communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aviation data communications manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- aviation communications and frequency coordination manager 76% covered · difficulty 22.6
- aircraft pilot 58% covered · difficulty 38.4
- aviation surveillance and code coordination manager 54% covered · difficulty 42.8
- airport operations officer 44% covered · difficulty 51.2
- air traffic controller 39% covered · difficulty 54.9
- aeronautical information specialist 37% covered · difficulty 57.4
- air traffic instructor 37% covered · difficulty 56.9
- aviation inspector 37% covered · difficulty 56.9
- aeronautical information service officer 29% covered · difficulty 61.9
- airport planning engineer 29% covered · difficulty 62.9
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Aviation data communications manager is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 aviation data communications manager’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.