Airport maintenance technician to airport chief executive
An airport maintenance technician already meets 25% of what the airport chief executive role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.
78.5/ 100
1 How much of what an airport chief executive is expected to do is already part of an airport maintenance technician’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 chief executive role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An airport chief executive role treats 6 of its required skills as things an airport maintenance technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- airport electrical systems
- airport safety regulations
- identify airport safety hazards
- interact with airport stakeholders
- report airport security incidents
- use different communication channels
What stands in the way is 20 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An airport chief executive role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an airport maintenance technician background worth leading with.
- already held comply with regulations on unpaved areas of airports assisting and caring
- already held visual aid systems in airports services
- already held ensure functionality of airport lighting systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held airport electrical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interact with airport stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held report airport security incidents information skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the airport chief executive role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 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 direct airport subcontractors required
- still to learn implement airport emergency plans required
- still to learn implement improvements in airport operations required
- still to learn provide assistance to airport users required
- still to learn liaise with colleagues required
- still to learn liaise with managers required
- still to learn show diplomacy required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- still to learn coordinate airport environmental policies required
- still to learn create an airport master plan required
- still to learn prepare airport annual budget required
- still to learn supervise maintenance activities in airports required
- still to learn consider economic criteria in decision making required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held manage airport workshops optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- still to learn airport environmental regulations required
- still to learn airport lighting equipment required
- still to learn airport planning required
- still to learn monitor airport service performance required
- still to learn compile airport certification manuals required
- optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of airport operations optional
- optional, not held manage airport vehicle licences optional
- still to learn airport operating environment required
- optional, not held ICT security standards optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an airport chief executive role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor airport service performance practise this
- 02 airport environmental regulations study this
- 03 airport lighting equipment study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held airport electrical systems knowledge
- already held airport safety regulations knowledge
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held interact with airport stakeholders skill
- already held report airport security incidents skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held comply with regulations on unpaved areas of airports skill
- already held ensure functionality of airport lighting systems skill
- already held visual aid systems in airports knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT security standards optional
- optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of airport operations optional
- optional, not held manage airport vehicle licences optional
- optional, not held manage airport workshops optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
23 held skills the airport chief executive role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address damage to paved surfaces in airports skill
- not needed by the target role apply airport lighting cleaning procedures skill
- not needed by the target role apply airport lighting maintenance procedures skill
- not needed by the target role carry out preventive airport maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role causes of damage to paved surfaces in airports knowledge
- not needed by the target role clean contaminants from airport runways skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow airport snow control plan skill
- not needed by the target role follow manufacturer guidelines in use of airport equipment skill
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role handle high voltage of airport lighting skill
- not needed by the target role keep airport drainage systems functional skill
- not needed by the target role keep airport runways clear of obstacles skill
- not needed by the target role keep markings legible skill
- not needed by the target role keep signs legible skill
- not needed by the target role maintain availability of spare parts skill
- not needed by the target role operate various kinds of grass maintenance equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform manual work autonomously skill
- not needed by the target role prepare notices to airmen for airport terminal services skill
- not needed by the target role preserve airport maintenance equipment skill
- not needed by the target role remove snow from airport operational areas skill
- not needed by the target role schedule maintenance of airport electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role work in an aviation team skill
6 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 airport environmental regulations required
- still to learn airport lighting equipment required
- still to learn airport operating environment required
- still to learn airport planning required
- optional, not held ICT security standards optional
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
Other moves recorded from airport maintenance technician
Common questions about this move
Can an airport maintenance technician become an airport chief executive?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An airport maintenance technician already covers 25% of what an airport chief executive is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 6 of which the airport chief executive role treats as required.
What skills does an airport maintenance technician need to become an airport chief executive?
20 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is monitor airport service performance.
How hard is the move from airport maintenance technician to airport chief executive?
Its learning distance is 78.5 out of 100, which is the career change 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.