Career Overlap Transition record
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Aeronautical information service officer to aviation data communications manager

An aeronautical information service officer already meets 29% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From aeronautical information service officer
29 % overlap
Distant match
To aviation data communications manager
4 You already bring
9 Still to learn
15 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.9/ 100

1 How much of what an aviation data communications manager is expected to do is already part of an aeronautical information service officer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the aviation data communications manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An aviation data communications manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things an aeronautical information service officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • common aviation safety regulations
  • tolerate stress
  • use different communication channels
  • work in an aviation team

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aviation data communications manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aeronautical information service officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • already held tolerate stress management skills
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • still to learn communicate in air traffic services required
  • still to learn apply technical communication skills required
  • still to learn present reports required
  • still to learn write work-related reports required
02 information skills 3 required
  • still to learn manage data required
  • still to learn monitor communication channels' performance required
  • still to learn perform risk analysis required
03 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn manage flight data communications programme required
  • still to learn have computer literacy required
  • optional, not held use databases optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an aviation data communications manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held tolerate stress skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
10 held skills the aviation data communications manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse data for aeronautical publications skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure accuracy of aeronautical data skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety in international aviation skill
  • not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role geographic areas knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare notices to airmen for pilots skill
  • not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an aeronautical information service officer become an aviation data communications manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aeronautical information service officer already covers 29% of what an aviation data communications manager is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 4 of which the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.

What skills does an aeronautical information service officer need to become an aviation data communications manager?

9 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is communicate in air traffic services.

How hard is the move from aeronautical information service officer to aviation data communications manager?

Its learning distance is 61.9 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.