airport chief executivetoairport director
A airport chief executive already meets 55% of what the airport director role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
48.3/ 100
1 Share of the airport director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airport chief executive 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.
Why this move works
A airport director role treats 12 of its required skills as things a airport chief executive already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- airport environmental regulations
- airport operating environment
- apply airport standards and regulations
- identify airport safety hazards
- implement improvements in airport operations
- maintain inventory of airport operations
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 16 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 chief executive background worth leading with.
- already held maintain inventory of airport operations information skills
- already held prepare airport annual budget management skills
- already held supervise maintenance activities in airports management skills
- already held implement airport emergency plans communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held implement improvements in airport operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide assistance to airport users communication, collaboration and creativity
All 16 carried skills, including the 12 the airport director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 4 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 negotiate sales contracts 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 ensure client orientation required
- required, not held implement strategic management required
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
- required, not held comply with legal regulations required
- required, not held have computer literacy required
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
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.
- 01 ensure public safety and security skill · sector specific
- 02 follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill · sector specific
- 03 negotiate sales contracts skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held airport environmental regulations knowledge
- already held airport operating environment knowledge
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held implement improvements in airport operations skill
- already held maintain inventory of airport operations skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held provide assistance to airport users skill
- already held show diplomacy skill
- already held supervise maintenance activities in airports skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held apply strategic thinking skill
- already held implement airport emergency plans skill
- already held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns skill
- already held prepare airport annual budget skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
22 held skills the airport director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT security standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport electrical systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport lighting equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role compile airport certification manuals skill
- not needed by the target role comply with regulations on unpaved areas of airports skill
- not needed by the target role conduct airport environmental studies skill
- not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate airport environmental policies skill
- not needed by the target role create an airport master plan skill
- not needed by the target role direct airport subcontractors skill
- not needed by the target role ensure functionality of airport lighting systems skill
- not needed by the target role geostationary satellites knowledge
- not needed by the target role interact with airport stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role manage airport vehicle licences skill
- not needed by the target role manage airport workshops skill
- not needed by the target role monitor airport service performance skill
- not needed by the target role report airport security incidents skill
- not needed by the target role visual aid systems in airports knowledge
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.