Airport director to aeronautical information specialist
An airport director already meets 33% of what the aeronautical information specialist role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
64.8/ 100
1 How much of what an aeronautical information specialist is expected to do is already part of an airport director’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 aeronautical information specialist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aeronautical information specialist role treats 6 of its required skills as things an airport director already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- build business relationships
- ensure client orientation
- have computer literacy
- use different communication channels
- work in an aviation team
- write work-related reports
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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aeronautical information specialist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an airport director background worth leading with.
- already held apply business acumen management skills
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ensure client orientation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held build business relationships communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the aeronautical information specialist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 safety in international aviation required
- still to learn ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- still to learn provide customer follow-up services required
- still to learn maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services required
- still to learn compile data for navigation publications required
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- still to learn apply technical communication skills required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn manage aeronautical information management services required
- still to learn use geographic information systems required
- still to learn test improved aeronautical information management systems required
- still to learn meet deadlines required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aeronautical information specialist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services practise this
- 02 test improved aeronautical information management systems practise this
- 03 compile data for navigation publications 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held ensure client orientation skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held apply business acumen skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn geographic areas required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
22 held skills the aeronautical information specialist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport environmental regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport operating environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security 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 implement airport emergency plans skill
- not needed by the target role implement improvements in airport operations skill
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement strategic management skill
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of airport operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
- not needed by the target role plan event marketing for promotional campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role prepare airport annual budget skill
- not needed by the target role provide assistance to airport users skill
- not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
- not needed by the target role supervise maintenance activities in airports 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.
- still to learn geographic areas required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
Common questions about this move
Can an airport director become an aeronautical information specialist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An airport director already covers 33% of what an aeronautical information specialist is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 6 of which the aeronautical information specialist role treats as required.
What skills does an airport director need to become an aeronautical information specialist?
12 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services.
How hard is the move from airport director to aeronautical information specialist?
Its learning distance is 64.8 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.