Airport operations officer to airside safety manager
An airport operations officer already meets 46% of what the airside safety manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
54.6/ 100
1 How much of what an airside safety manager 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 airside safety manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An airside safety manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things an airport operations officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- address potential aerodrome hazards
- apply airport standards and regulations
- comply with specifications of aerodrome manual
- ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures
- identify airport safety hazards
- investigate aircraft accidents
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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An airside safety manager 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 address potential aerodrome hazards assisting and caring
- already held comply with specifications of aerodrome manual assisting and caring
- already held ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures assisting and caring
- already held investigate aircraft accidents information skills
- already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the airside safety manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 4 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 supervise airside performance required
- still to learn conduct airport safety inspections required
- still to learn conduct regular aviation research required
- still to learn undertake inspections required
- still to learn ensure annual safety inspections required
- still to learn implement the airside safety auditing system required
- still to learn approve the design of aircraft parking areas required
- optional, not held negotiate health and safety issues with third parties optional
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an airside safety manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 approve the design of aircraft parking areas practise this
- 02 ensure annual safety inspections practise this
- 03 implement the airside safety auditing system 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 address potential aerodrome hazards skill
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held comply with specifications of aerodrome manual skill
- already held ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held investigate aircraft accidents skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held negotiate health and safety issues with third parties optional
56 held skills the airside safety manager role does not ask for
- 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 environmental regulations 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 wildlife hazard management programmes 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 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 follow ethical code of conduct in transport services 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 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
- not needed by the target role manage removal of disabled aircraft skill
16 further entries not listed here
1 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 common aviation safety regulations required
Other moves recorded from airport operations officer
Common questions about this move
Can an airport operations officer become an airside safety manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An airport operations officer already covers 46% of what an airside safety manager is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the airside safety manager role treats as required.
What skills does an airport operations officer need to become an airside safety manager?
8 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is approve the design of aircraft parking areas.
How hard is the move from airport operations officer to airside safety manager?
Its learning distance is 54.6 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.