Airport security officer to baggage flow supervisor
An airport security officer already meets 41% of what the baggage flow supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.9/ 100
1 How much of what a baggage flow supervisor is expected to do is already part of an airport security 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 baggage flow supervisor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A baggage flow supervisor role treats 7 of its required skills as things an airport security officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- airport safety regulations
- apply airport standards and regulations
- conduct airport security screening
- ensure compliance with airport security measures
- ensure public safety and security
- identify airport safety hazards
What stands in the way is 10 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A baggage flow supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an airport security officer background worth leading with.
- already held carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency assisting and caring
- already held conduct airport safety inspections information skills
- already held conduct airport security screening assisting and caring
- already held report airport security incidents information skills
- already held ensure compliance with airport security measures assisting and caring
- already held airport safety regulations services
All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the baggage flow supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 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 supervise transfer of luggage required
- still to learn ensure efficient baggage handling required
- still to learn tolerate stress required
- still to learn comply with schedule required
- optional, not held manage teamwork optional
- still to learn monitor airport service performance required
- still to learn monitor security measures required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- optional, not held implement airport emergency plans optional
- optional, not held implement improvements in airport operations optional
- optional, not held interact with airport stakeholders optional
- optional, not held provide assistance to airport users optional
- still to learn follow airport safety procedures required
- still to learn transfer luggage required
- still to learn airport terminal standards required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a baggage flow supervisor 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 supervise transfer of luggage practise this
- 03 airport terminal standards 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held airport safety regulations knowledge
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held conduct airport security screening skill
- already held ensure compliance with airport security measures skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held report airport security incidents skill
- already held carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency skill
- already held conduct airport safety inspections skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held perform ground-handling maintenance procedures optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform ground-handling maintenance procedures optional
- optional, not held implement airport emergency plans optional
- optional, not held implement improvements in airport operations optional
- optional, not held interact with airport stakeholders optional
- optional, not held manage teamwork optional
- optional, not held provide assistance to airport users optional
28 held skills the baggage flow supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role apply self-defence skill
- not needed by the target role check implementation security plan skill
- not needed by the target role check official documents skill
- not needed by the target role check travel documentation skill
- not needed by the target role conduct frisk skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
- not needed by the target role detain offenders skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role identify terrorism threats skill
- not needed by the target role illegal substances knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect cargo skill
- not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal use-of-force knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
- not needed by the target role manage technical security systems skill
- not needed by the target role perform body searches skill
- not needed by the target role perform security checks skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role update procedure instructions skill
- not needed by the target role use X-ray machines skill
- not needed by the target role write situation reports skill
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 airport terminal standards required
Other moves recorded from airport security officer
Common questions about this move
Can an airport security officer become a baggage flow supervisor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An airport security officer already covers 41% of what a baggage flow supervisor is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 7 of which the baggage flow supervisor role treats as required.
What skills does an airport security officer need to become a baggage flow supervisor?
10 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is monitor airport service performance.
How hard is the move from airport security officer to baggage flow supervisor?
Its learning distance is 60.9 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.