Air traffic manager to aeronautical information specialist
An air traffic manager already meets 28% of what the aeronautical information specialist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.7/ 100
1 How much of what an aeronautical information specialist is expected to do is already part of an air traffic manager’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 aeronautical information specialist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aeronautical information specialist role treats 5 of its required skills as things an air traffic manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure safety in international aviation
- geographic areas
- manage aeronautical information management services
- use geographic information systems
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 13 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aeronautical information specialist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an air traffic manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage aeronautical information management services working with computers
- already held ensure safety in international aviation assisting and caring
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held geographic areas natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held use geographic information systems working with computers
- already held perform market research information skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the aeronautical information specialist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- still to learn apply technical communication skills required
- still to learn build business relationships required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn ensure client orientation required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- still to learn ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- still to learn provide customer follow-up services required
- still to learn maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services required
- still to learn compile data for navigation publications required
- still to learn meet deadlines required
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
- still to learn test improved aeronautical information management systems required
- still to learn have computer literacy required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aeronautical information specialist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services practise this
- 02 test improved aeronautical information management systems practise this
- 03 compile data for navigation publications practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held ensure safety in international aviation skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held manage aeronautical information management services skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held perform market research skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
21 held skills the aeronautical information specialist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role air traffic management knowledge
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport environmental regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role airspace system block upgrades knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
- not needed by the target role celestial navigation knowledge
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate flight schedules skill
- not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect aircraft documentation skill
- not needed by the target role manage air navigation services skill
- not needed by the target role monitor aviation meteorology skill
- not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role plan maintenance activities skill
- not needed by the target role provide assistance to airport users skill
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role test ground system performance skill
- not needed by the target role train staff in navigational requirements skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids 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.
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
Common questions about this move
Can an air traffic manager become an aeronautical information specialist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An air traffic manager already covers 28% of what an aeronautical information specialist is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 5 of which the aeronautical information specialist role treats as required.
What skills does an air traffic manager need to become an aeronautical information specialist?
13 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services.
How hard is the move from air traffic manager to aeronautical information specialist?
Its learning distance is 67.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.