Table 1Transition record

airport baggage handlertoairport director

A airport baggage handler already meets 20% of what the airport director role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From airport baggage handler

20%

Overlap1

To airport director

5 Skills carried over

17 Required, not held

77.7 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 77.7

This move: 77.7 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the airport director 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport director 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services assisting and caring
already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
already held ensure client orientation communication, collaboration and creativity
already held ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the airport director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 9 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held implement improvements in airport operations required
required, not held negotiate sales contracts required
required, not held provide assistance to airport users required
required, not held work in an aviation team required
required, not held build business relationships required
required, not held create solutions to problems required
required, not held implement strategic management required
required, not held show diplomacy required
required, not held write work-related reports required

optional, not held implement airport emergency plans optional
optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional

02 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held supervise maintenance activities in airports required
required, not held manage staff required

optional, not held prepare airport annual budget optional
optional, not held apply business acumen optional
optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional

03 assisting and caring 2 required

required, not held apply airport standards and regulations required
required, not held comply with legal regulations required

04 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held airport operating environment required

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

required, not held airport environmental regulations required

06 information skills 1 required

required, not held maintain inventory of airport operations required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a airport director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 5 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ensure client orientation skill
already held ensure public safety and security skill
already held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
already held identify airport safety hazards skill
already held use different communication channels skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 working with computers 1 required

required, not held have computer literacy required

7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held implement airport emergency plans optional
optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
optional, not held prepare airport annual budget optional
optional, not held apply business acumen optional
optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional

15 held skills the airport director role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role act reliably skill
not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
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 efficient baggage handling skill
not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
not needed by the target role meet deadlines 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 tolerate stress skill
not needed by the target role transfer luggage skill
not needed by the target role work in a logistics team skill

2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held airport environmental regulations required
required, not held airport operating environment required

Index

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Note

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.