Aircraft de-icer installer to aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician
An aircraft de-icer installer already meets 56% of what the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
48.5/ 100
1 How much of what an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician is expected to do is already part of an aircraft de-icer installer’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 aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role treats 13 of its required skills as things an aircraft de-icer installer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- aircraft mechanics
- align components
- apply health and safety standards
- common aviation safety regulations
- fasten components
- mechanics
What stands in the way is 7 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aircraft de-icer installer background worth leading with.
- already held aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
- already held use power tools handling and moving
- already held align components handling and moving
- already held fasten components handling and moving
- already held conduct performance tests constructing
All 19 carried skills, including the 13 the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 5 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 disassemble engines required
- still to learn re-assemble engines required
- still to learn bolt engine parts required
- optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held repair engines optional
- optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
- still to learn operation of different engines required
- still to learn engine components required
- optional, not held rivet types optional
- still to learn recognise signs of corrosion required
- optional, not held diagnose defective engines optional
- optional, not held evaluate engine performance optional
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- still to learn adjust tightness of engine parts required
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
- optional, not held operate handheld riveting equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 disassemble engines practise this
- 02 operation of different engines study this
- 03 re-assemble engines 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 19 skills that carry over
- already held aircraft mechanics knowledge
- already held align components skill
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held fasten components skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use power tools skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held conduct performance tests skill
- already held electromechanics knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held diagnose defective engines optional
- optional, not held evaluate engine performance optional
- optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- optional, not held operate handheld riveting equipment optional
- optional, not held operate lifting equipment optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held operate soldering equipment optional
- optional, not held operate welding equipment optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held repair engines optional
- optional, not held rivet types optional
- optional, not held tend riveting machine optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
6 held skills the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role electric current knowledge
- not needed by the target role install bleed air systems skill
- not needed by the target role install deicing boot skill
- not needed by the target role install electrothermal de-icing systems skill
- not needed by the target role install pneumatic systems skill
- not needed by the target role pneumatics knowledge
3 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 operation of different engines required
- still to learn engine components required
- optional, not held rivet types optional
Other moves recorded from aircraft de-icer installer
Common questions about this move
Can an aircraft de-icer installer become an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An aircraft de-icer installer already covers 56% of what an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 13 of which the aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician role treats as required.
What skills does an aircraft de-icer installer need to become an aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician?
7 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is disassemble engines.
How hard is the move from aircraft de-icer installer to aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician?
Its learning distance is 48.5 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.