Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

aircraft dispatchertoaeronautical information service officer

A aircraft dispatcher already meets 34% of what the aeronautical information service officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aircraft dispatcher
34%
Overlap1
To aeronautical information service officer
5 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
57.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 57.4

This move: 57.4 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the aeronautical information service officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aircraft dispatcher 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aeronautical information service officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aircraft dispatcher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure accuracy of aeronautical data information skills
  • already held prepare notices to airmen for pilots communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held tolerate stress management skills
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the aeronautical information service officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held ensure safety in international aviation required
  • required, not held follow airport safety procedures required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required
02 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held ensure client orientation required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held analyse data for aeronautical publications required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held geographic areas required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held operate scientific measuring equipment required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aeronautical information service officer 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 ensure accuracy of aeronautical data skill
  • already held prepare notices to airmen for pilots skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
  • already held tolerate stress skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
18 held skills the aeronautical information service officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act reliably skill
  • not needed by the target role air traffic control operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role airport planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role assist pilot in execution of emergency landing skill
  • not needed by the target role aviation meteorology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate aircraft weight skill
  • not needed by the target role consider weather conditions in flight decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role create a flight plan skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate flight information skill
  • not needed by the target role make time-critical decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare flight dispatch release skill
  • not needed by the target role use ICT systems skill
  • not needed by the target role use meteorological information skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
  • required, not held geographic areas required
Index
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.