Aircraft maintenance coordinator to aviation safety officer
An aircraft maintenance coordinator already meets 31% of what the aviation safety officer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.4/ 100
1 How much of what an aviation safety officer is expected to do is already part of an aircraft maintenance coordinator’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 safety officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aviation safety officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things an aircraft maintenance coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- airport safety regulations
- aviation standards and recommended practices
- ensure data protection in aviation operations
- follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety
- identify airport safety hazards
- report airport security incidents
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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aviation safety officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aircraft maintenance coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held ensure data protection in aviation operations assisting and caring
- already held follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety assisting and caring
- already held aviation standards and recommended practices services
- already held report airport security incidents information skills
- already held airport safety regulations services
- already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the aviation safety officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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 implement safety management systems required
- still to learn carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency required
- still to learn follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
- still to learn adhere to standards of national and international safety programmes required
- still to learn work in an aviation team required
- still to learn stay alert required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
- still to learn framework for a safety management system required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
- optional, not held airport operating environment optional
- still to learn perform safety data analysis required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aviation safety officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 framework for a safety management system study this
- 02 implement safety management systems practise this
- 03 carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held airport safety regulations knowledge
- already held aviation standards and recommended practices knowledge
- already held ensure data protection in aviation operations skill
- already held follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held report airport security incidents skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held airport operating environment optional
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
19 held skills the aviation safety officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aircraft cargo capacity knowledge
- not needed by the target role aircraft mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse the need for technical resources skill
- not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role detect bottlenecks skill
- not needed by the target role determine maintenance schedules for airport equipment skill
- not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage airport development resources skill
- not needed by the target role manage airport workshops skill
- not needed by the target role manage human resources skill
- not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role quality assurance procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role use computerised maintenance management systems skill
- not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role visual aid systems in airports knowledge
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
4 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 framework for a safety management system required
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- optional, not held airport operating environment optional
Other moves recorded from aircraft maintenance coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can an aircraft maintenance coordinator become an aviation safety officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aircraft maintenance coordinator already covers 31% of what an aviation safety officer is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 6 of which the aviation safety officer role treats as required.
What skills does an aircraft maintenance coordinator need to become an aviation safety officer?
11 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is framework for a safety management system.
How hard is the move from aircraft maintenance coordinator to aviation safety officer?
Its learning distance is 66.4 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.