Air traffic manager to aviation surveillance and code coordination manager
An air traffic manager already meets 22% of what the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.1/ 100
1 How much of what an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager 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 aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things an air traffic manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply airport standards and regulations
- common aviation safety regulations
- geographic information systems
- perform risk analysis
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 14 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. An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager 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 apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
- already held geographic information systems natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held perform risk analysis information skills
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 9 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 coordinate technical standards for global interoperability required
- still to learn apply technical communication skills required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- optional, not held implement improvements in airport operations optional
- optional, not held interact with airport stakeholders optional
- optional, not held train security officers optional
- still to learn manage aviation planning required
- still to learn supervise maintenance activities in airports required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- still to learn airport safety regulations required
- still to learn security regulations required
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- still to learn coordinate the allocation of Mode S radars to Interrogator Codes required
- still to learn operate radio equipment required
- still to learn manage data required
- optional, not held monitor security measures optional
- optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
- still to learn surveillance radars required
- optional, not held airport electrical systems optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor airport surveillance infrastructure practise this
- 02 airport safety regulations study this
- 03 coordinate technical standards for global interoperability 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn monitor airport surveillance infrastructure required
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
- optional, not held global navigation satellite system performance parameters optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held airport electrical systems optional
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- optional, not held global navigation satellite system performance parameters optional
- optional, not held implement improvements in airport operations optional
- optional, not held interact with airport stakeholders optional
- optional, not held train security officers optional
- optional, not held monitor security measures optional
- optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
22 held skills the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager 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 celestial navigation knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate flight schedules 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 inspect aircraft documentation skill
- not needed by the target role manage aeronautical information management services 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 market research 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 geographic information systems skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn airport safety regulations required
- still to learn security regulations required
- still to learn surveillance radars required
- optional, not held airport electrical systems optional
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- optional, not held global navigation satellite system performance parameters optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
Common questions about this move
Can an air traffic manager become an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An air traffic manager already covers 22% of what an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role treats as required.
What skills does an air traffic manager need to become an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager?
14 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is monitor airport surveillance infrastructure.
How hard is the move from air traffic manager to aviation surveillance and code coordination manager?
Its learning distance is 76.1 out of 100, which is the career change 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.