Aircraft maintenance technician to aircraft de-icer installer
An aircraft maintenance technician already meets 56% of what the aircraft de-icer installer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
42.3/ 100
1 How much of what an aircraft de-icer installer is expected to do is already part of an aircraft maintenance technician’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 de-icer installer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aircraft de-icer installer role treats 9 of its required skills as things an aircraft maintenance technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- aircraft mechanics
- common aviation safety regulations
- electromechanics
- mechanics
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
What stands in the way is 5 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aircraft de-icer installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aircraft maintenance technician 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 conduct performance tests constructing
- already held electromechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held use technical documentation information skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 9 the aircraft de-icer installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 9 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 align components required
- still to learn fasten components required
- still to learn troubleshoot required
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- still to learn apply health and safety standards required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held install bleed air systems optional
- optional, not held install deicing boot optional
- optional, not held install electrothermal de-icing systems optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aircraft de-icer installer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 align components practise this
- 02 apply health and safety standards practise this
- 03 fasten components 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held aircraft mechanics knowledge
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held electromechanics knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints 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 engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install bleed air systems optional
- optional, not held install deicing boot optional
- optional, not held install electrothermal de-icing systems optional
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
25 held skills the aircraft de-icer installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role assemble electrical components skill
- not needed by the target role disassemble engines skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role engine components knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with airport security measures skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate engine performance skill
- not needed by the target role follow manufacturer guidelines in use of airport equipment skill
- not needed by the target role inspect aircraft for airworthiness skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate soldering equipment skill
- not needed by the target role repair engines skill
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role test electronic units skill
- not needed by the target role use computerised maintenance management systems skill
- not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
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 quality standards required
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
Other moves recorded from aircraft maintenance technician
Common questions about this move
Can an aircraft maintenance technician become an aircraft de-icer installer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An aircraft maintenance technician already covers 56% of what an aircraft de-icer installer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 9 of which the aircraft de-icer installer role treats as required.
What skills does an aircraft maintenance technician need to become an aircraft de-icer installer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is align components.
How hard is the move from aircraft maintenance technician to aircraft de-icer installer?
Its learning distance is 42.3 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.