Career Overlap Transition record
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Aeronautical information specialist to aviation communications and frequency coordination manager

An aeronautical information specialist already meets 34% of what the aviation communications and frequency coordination 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 specialist
34 % overlap
Distant match
To aviation communications and frequency coordination manager
5 You already bring
9 Still to learn
16 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.8/ 100

1 How much of what an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager is expected to do is already part of an aeronautical information specialist’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 communications and frequency coordination manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things an aeronautical information specialist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • apply technical communication skills
  • have computer literacy
  • use different communication channels
  • work in an aviation team
  • write work-related reports

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply technical communication skills communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held have computer literacy working with computers
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 6 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 3 required
  • still to learn apply frequency management required
  • still to learn communicate in air traffic services required
  • still to learn coordinate technical standards for global interoperability required
02 information skills 2 required
  • still to learn manage data required
  • still to learn monitor communication channels' performance required
03 working with computers 2 required
  • still to learn develop data link services for navigation purposes required
  • still to learn manage flight data communications programme required
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn follow airport safety procedures required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • still to learn operate radio equipment required
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an aviation communications and frequency coordination 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
16 held skills the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
  • not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role compile data for navigation publications 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 geographic areas knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services skill
  • not needed by the target role manage aeronautical information management services skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customer follow-up services skill
  • not needed by the target role test improved aeronautical information management systems skill
  • not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an aeronautical information specialist become an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aeronautical information specialist already covers 34% of what an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats as required.

What skills does an aeronautical information specialist need to become an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?

9 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is develop data link services for navigation purposes.

How hard is the move from aeronautical information specialist to aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?

Its learning distance is 61.8 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.