Aircraft marshaller to aviation data communications manager
An aircraft marshaller already meets 22% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
68/ 100
1 How much of what an aviation data communications 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 aviation data communications manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aviation data communications manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things an aircraft marshaller already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate in air traffic services
- work in an aviation team
- write work-related reports
What stands in the way is 10 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 aviation data communications 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 communicate in air traffic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
All 3 carried skills, including the 3 the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 apply technical communication skills required
- still to learn present reports required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- still to learn manage data required
- still to learn monitor communication channels' performance required
- still to learn perform risk analysis required
- still to learn manage flight data communications programme required
- still to learn have computer literacy required
- optional, not held use databases optional
- still to learn tolerate stress required
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aviation data communications manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 common aviation safety regulations study this
- 02 manage data practise this
- 03 manage flight data communications programme 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 communicate in air traffic services skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- optional, not held use databases optional
15 held skills the aviation data communications manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aircraft marshalling signals knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
- not needed by the target role civil aviation regulations knowledge
- 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 identify airport safety hazards 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
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 aviation data communications manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aircraft marshaller already covers 22% of what an aviation data communications manager is expected to do: 3 skills carry over, 3 of which the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.
What skills does an aircraft marshaller need to become an aviation data communications manager?
10 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is common aviation safety regulations.
How hard is the move from aircraft marshaller to aviation data communications manager?
Its learning distance is 68 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.