Where an aviation safety officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an aviation safety officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Aviation safety officers plan and develop safety procedures for aviation companies. They study safety regulations and restrictions relative to aviation company operations. Hence, they direct activities of personnel in order to safeguard the application of safety measures in compliance with regulations.
Also known as airfield safety supervisor, aviation security officer, transportation security officer, airport security supervisor, flight safety officer, flight safety supervisor, airport safety supervisor, aviation security supervisor, airport safety officer, airfield safety officer.
Technicians and associate professionals 23 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: aviation data communications manager, 29%
- 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 data communications manager 29% covered · difficulty 61.9
- aeronautical information service officer 26% covered · difficulty 63.9
- airport maintenance technician 26% covered · difficulty 73.8
- baggage flow supervisor 23% covered · difficulty 75.5
- aircraft maintenance coordinator 22% covered · difficulty 72.9
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An aviation safety officer needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- ensure data protection in aviation operations assisting and caring
- implement safety management systems assisting and caring
- perform safety data analysis working with computers
- adhere to standards of national and international safety programmes assisting and caring
- carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency assisting and caring
- framework for a safety management system services
- follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety assisting and caring
- aviation standards and recommended practices services
- report airport security incidents information skills
- airport safety regulations services
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aviation safety officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Aviation safety officer 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 safety 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.