Aircraft marshaller to airside safety manager
An aircraft marshaller already meets 20% of what the airside safety manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
75.3/ 100
1 How much of what an airside safety manager is expected to do is already part of an aircraft marshaller’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 airside safety manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An airside safety manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things an aircraft marshaller already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply airport standards and regulations
- identify airport safety hazards
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 12 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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An airside safety manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aircraft marshaller background worth leading with.
- already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
All 3 carried skills, including the 3 the airside safety manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 4 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 ensure annual safety inspections required
- still to learn implement the airside safety auditing system required
- still to learn address potential aerodrome hazards required
- still to learn comply with specifications of aerodrome manual required
- still to learn ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures required
- still to learn supervise airside performance required
- still to learn conduct airport safety inspections required
- still to learn conduct regular aviation research required
- still to learn investigate aircraft accidents required
- still to learn undertake inspections required
- still to learn approve the design of aircraft parking areas required
- optional, not held negotiate health and safety issues with third parties optional
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an airside safety manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 approve the design of aircraft parking areas practise this
- 02 ensure annual safety inspections practise this
- 03 implement the airside safety auditing system 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 3 skills that carry over
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held negotiate health and safety issues with third parties optional
15 held skills the airside safety manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aircraft marshalling signals knowledge
- not needed by the target role civil aviation regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate in air traffic services skill
- not needed by the target role comply with air traffic control operations skill
- not needed by the target role dangers of marshalling activity knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute necessary procedures prior to take off skill
- not needed by the target role handle fuels skill
- not needed by the target role operate follow-me vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform necessary checks before moving aircraft onto stand skill
- not needed by the target role ramp safety requirements knowledge
- not needed by the target role respond to changing navigation circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role use ICT systems skill
- not needed by the target role write signalling reports skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
1 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 common aviation safety regulations required
Common questions about this move
Can an aircraft marshaller become an airside safety manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An aircraft marshaller already covers 20% of what an airside safety manager is expected to do: 3 skills carry over, 3 of which the airside safety manager role treats as required.
What skills does an aircraft marshaller need to become an airside safety manager?
12 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is approve the design of aircraft parking areas.
How hard is the move from aircraft marshaller to airside safety manager?
Its learning distance is 75.3 out of 100, which is the career change 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.