Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an aviation ground systems engineer can go next

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

Aviation ground systems engineers are in charge of supervising the maintenance of the equipment of the airport, for example, the visual aids, airport electrical systems, luggage systems, security systems, pavements, drainage, maintenance of unpaved areas and equipment and vehicles.

Also known as aviation ground systems technician, engineer of aviation ground systems, airport ground systems technician, airport ground systems engineer.

Professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: aviation surveillance and code coordination manager, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
aviation surveillance and cod… 36% covered aviation data communications … 29% covered airport maintenance technician 28% covered airport planning engineer 27% covered airport environment officer 25% covered aviation ground systems e… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from aviation ground systems 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 aviation ground systems engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An aviation ground systems engineer needs 25 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
  • carry out research on ground systems information skills
  • ground segment engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use ICT equipment in maintenance activities working with computers
  • test ground system performance constructing
  • airport electrical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • supervise maintenance activities in airports management skills
  • interact with airport stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • airport operating environment business, administration and law
  • global navigation satellite system performance parameters natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • ensure compliance with airport security measures assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Aviation ground systems 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 aviation ground systems 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.