aircraft dispatchertoaviation communications and frequency coordination manager
A aircraft dispatcher already meets 25% of what the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
25%
68.2/ 100
1 Share of the aviation communications and frequency coordination 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.
Why this move works
A aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a aircraft dispatcher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- operate radio equipment
- use different communication channels
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 11 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. A aviation communications and frequency coordination 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 work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held operate radio equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time management skills
- already held tolerate stress management skills
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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 apply frequency management required
- required, not held communicate in air traffic services required
- required, not held coordinate technical standards for global interoperability required
- required, not held apply technical communication skills required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- required, not held develop data link services for navigation purposes required
- required, not held manage flight data communications programme required
- required, not held have computer literacy required
- required, not held manage data required
- required, not held monitor communication channels' performance required
- required, not held follow airport safety procedures required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop data link services for navigation purposes skill · occupation specific
- 02 apply frequency management skill · sector specific
- 03 communicate in air traffic services skill · sector specific
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 operate radio equipment skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
18 held skills the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role does not ask for
- 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 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 prepare flight dispatch release skill
- not needed by the target role prepare notices to airmen for pilots skill
- not needed by the target role use ICT systems skill
- not needed by the target role use meteorological information skill
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.