airport baggage handlertoaircraft dispatcher
A airport baggage handler already meets 22% of what the aircraft dispatcher role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 78.6 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the aircraft dispatcher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airport baggage handler 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aircraft dispatcher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a airport baggage handler background worth leading with.
- already held apply company policies assisting and caring
- already held tolerate stress management skills
- already held act reliably communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held meet deadlines management skills
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the aircraft dispatcher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 8 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 calculate aircraft weight required
- required, not held consider weather conditions in flight decisions required
- required, not held prepare flight dispatch release required
- required, not held ensure accuracy of aeronautical data required
- required, not held use meteorological information required
- required, not held disseminate flight information required
- required, not held prepare notices to airmen for pilots required
- required, not held work in an aviation team required
- required, not held create a flight plan required
- required, not held make time-critical decisions required
- required, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time required
- required, not held air traffic control operations required
- required, not held aviation meteorology required
- required, not held assist pilot in execution of emergency landing required
- required, not held operate radio equipment required
- required, not held apply airport standards and regulations required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aircraft dispatcher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist pilot in execution of emergency landing skill · occupation specific
- 02 calculate aircraft weight skill · occupation specific
- 03 consider weather conditions in flight decisions skill · occupation 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 act reliably skill
- already held apply company policies skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held airport planning required
- required, not held use ICT systems required
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
15 held skills the aircraft dispatcher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist passengers skill
- not needed by the target role balance transportation cargo skill
- not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure efficient baggage handling skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
- not needed by the target role identify airport safety hazards skill
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role monitor customer safety on apron skill
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role read checked baggage tags skill
- not needed by the target role set up ramps in airports skill
- not needed by the target role transfer luggage skill
- not needed by the target role work in a logistics team 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.
- required, not held air traffic control operations required
- required, not held airport planning required
- required, not held aviation meteorology required
Other moves recorded from airport baggage handler
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.