Airport director to airport environment officer
An airport director already meets 34% of what the airport environment officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
58.7/ 100
1 How much of what an airport environment officer 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 airport environment officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An airport environment officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things an airport director already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- airport environmental regulations
- apply airport standards and regulations
- identify airport safety hazards
- write work-related reports
What stands in the way is 9 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 airport environment officer 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 airport environmental regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services assisting and caring
- already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the airport environment officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 7 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 comply with wildlife hazard management programmes required
- still to learn implement environmental protection measures required
- optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
- still to learn coordinate airport environmental policies required
- still to learn develop environmental policy required
- still to learn maintain work area cleanliness required
- optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
- still to learn promote environmental awareness required
- still to learn conduct airport environmental studies required
- still to learn environmental policy required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an airport environment officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 comply with wildlife hazard management programmes practise this
- 02 conduct airport environmental studies practise this
- 03 coordinate airport environmental policies 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 airport environmental regulations knowledge
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- still to learn waste management required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
- optional, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health optional
22 held skills the airport environment officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport operating environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships 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 client orientation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy 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 environmental policy required
- still to learn waste management required
Common questions about this move
Can an airport director become an airport environment officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An airport director already covers 34% of what an airport environment officer is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 4 of which the airport environment officer role treats as required.
What skills does an airport director need to become an airport environment officer?
9 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is comply with wildlife hazard management programmes.
How hard is the move from airport director to airport environment officer?
Its learning distance is 58.7 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.