Airport operations officer to airport environment officer
An airport operations officer already meets 41% of what the airport environment officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
52.9/ 100
1 How much of what an airport environment officer is expected to do is already part of an airport operations officer’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 5 of its required skills as things an airport operations officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- airport environmental regulations
- apply airport standards and regulations
- comply with wildlife hazard management programmes
- identify airport safety hazards
- write work-related reports
What stands in the way is 8 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 8 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 operations officer background worth leading with.
- already held comply with wildlife hazard management programmes assisting and caring
- 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
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the airport environment officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 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 coordinate airport environmental policies required
- still to learn develop environmental policy required
- still to learn implement environmental protection measures required
- optional, not held follow airport safety procedures optional
- 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 conduct airport environmental studies practise this
- 02 coordinate airport environmental policies practise this
- 03 develop environmental policy 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held airport environmental regulations knowledge
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held comply with wildlife hazard management programmes 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
55 held skills the airport environment officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address potential aerodrome hazards skill
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role adopt a relaxed posture skill
- not needed by the target role air traffic control operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport operating environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role anticipate installation maintenance skill
- 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 communicate verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role comply with specifications of aerodrome manual skill
- not needed by the target role conduct airport security screening skill
- not needed by the target role conduct safe aircraft marshalling skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role dangers of marshalling activity knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures 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 execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role have spatial awareness skill
- not needed by the target role implement airport emergency plans skill
- not needed by the target role implement airside safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role implement airside vehicle control provisions 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 inspect airfield facilities skill
- not needed by the target role inspect airside area facilities skill
- not needed by the target role instructions of aerodrome operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role investigate aircraft accidents skill
- not needed by the target role leasing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role maintain aerodrome equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of airport operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage aircraft parking areas skill
- not needed by the target role manage car park operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage obstacle control skill
15 further entries not listed here
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
Other moves recorded from airport operations officer
Common questions about this move
Can an airport operations officer become an airport environment officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An airport operations officer already covers 41% of what an airport environment officer is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the airport environment officer role treats as required.
What skills does an airport operations officer need to become an airport environment officer?
8 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is conduct airport environmental studies.
How hard is the move from airport operations officer to airport environment officer?
Its learning distance is 52.9 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.