Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

airport directortoairport planning engineer

A airport director already meets 36% of what the airport planning engineer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From airport director
36%
Overlap1
To airport planning engineer
9 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
65.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.4/ 100

1 Share of the airport planning engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airport director 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

Why this move works

A airport planning engineer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a airport director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply airport standards and regulations
  • comply with legal regulations
  • have computer literacy
  • implement strategic management
  • use different communication channels
  • work in an aviation team

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport planning engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a airport director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held airport environmental regulations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held implement strategic management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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 comply with legal regulations assisting and caring

All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the airport planning engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held direct airport subcontractors required
  • required, not held interact with airport stakeholders required
  • required, not held compare contractors' bids required
  • required, not held design customised maps required
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held promote environmental awareness optional
02 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor aviation growth trends required
  • required, not held compile airport certification manuals required
  • required, not held execute feasibility study required
  • optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
03 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create an airport master plan required
  • required, not held manage airport development resources required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held geological factors in airport construction required
  • required, not held land use for airport planning required
05 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a airport planning engineer 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held comply with legal regulations skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held implement strategic management 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 airport environmental regulations knowledge
  • already held identify airport safety hazards skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held promote environmental awareness optional
20 held skills the airport planning engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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 follow ethical code of conduct in transport services 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 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held geological factors in airport construction required
  • required, not held land use for airport planning required
Index

Other moves recorded from airport director

Full index of moves from airport director

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.