aircraft dispatchertoairspace manager
A aircraft dispatcher already meets 23% of what the airspace manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 73.4 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the airspace manager 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 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airspace manager 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.
- already held air traffic control operations services
- already held use meteorological information information skills
- already held aviation meteorology services
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held act reliably communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the airspace manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 10 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 monitor airspace planning required
- required, not held carry out navigational calculations required
- required, not held have spatial awareness required
- required, not held interpret visual literacy required
- required, not held air traffic management required
- required, not held air transport law required
- required, not held apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace required
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- required, not held electronic communication required
- required, not held manage aspects of airspace management required
- required, not held celestial navigation required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a airspace manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply the concept of Flexible Use of Airspace skill · occupation specific
- 02 manage aspects of airspace management skill · occupation specific
- 03 monitor airspace planning skill · occupation specific
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 air traffic control operations knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held act reliably skill
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held use meteorological information skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held aircraft flight control systems required
- required, not held use geographic information systems required
- required, not held operate radar equipment required
- optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
17 held skills the airspace manager role does not ask for
- 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 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 ensure accuracy of aeronautical data 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 prepare notices to airmen for pilots skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use ICT systems skill
5 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 air traffic management required
- required, not held air transport law required
- required, not held aircraft flight control systems required
- required, not held celestial navigation required
- required, not held electronic communication required
Other moves recorded from aircraft dispatcher
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.