aeronautical information specialisttoaviation data communications manager
A aeronautical information specialist already meets 36% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
57.4/ 100
1 Share of the aviation data communications manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aeronautical information specialist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A aviation data communications manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a aeronautical information specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- 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 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aviation data communications manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aeronautical information specialist background worth leading with.
- 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 data communications manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held manage data required
- required, not held monitor communication channels' performance required
- required, not held perform risk analysis required
- required, not held communicate in air traffic services required
- required, not held present reports required
- required, not held tolerate stress required
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- required, not held manage flight data communications programme required
- optional, not held use databases optional
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aviation data communications manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 common aviation safety regulations knowledge · sector specific
- 02 communicate in air traffic services skill · sector specific
- 03 manage data skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- 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
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- optional, not held use databases optional
16 held skills the aviation data communications manager role does not ask for
- 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
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
Other moves recorded from aeronautical information specialist
- aeronautical information service officer 50% covered · moderate
- aviation communications and frequency coordination manager 34% covered · substantial
- airport director 26% covered · substantial
- air traffic manager 25% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from aeronautical information specialist
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.