Airside safety manager to aircraft marshaller
An airside safety manager already meets 20% of what the aircraft marshaller role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
74/ 100
1 How much of what an aircraft marshaller is expected to do is already part of an airside safety manager’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 aircraft marshaller role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aircraft marshaller role treats 3 of its required skills as things an airside safety manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply airport standards and regulations
- identify airport safety hazards
- work in an aviation team
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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aircraft marshaller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an airside safety manager background worth leading with.
- 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 3 carried skills, including the 3 the aircraft marshaller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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 aircraft marshalling signals required
- still to learn civil aviation regulations required
- still to learn dangers of marshalling activity required
- still to learn ramp safety requirements required
- still to learn operate follow-me vehicles required
- still to learn perform necessary checks before moving aircraft onto stand required
- still to learn operate radio equipment required
- still to learn execute necessary procedures prior to take off required
- still to learn comply with air traffic control operations required
- still to learn communicate in air traffic services required
- optional, not held respond to changing navigation circumstances optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- optional, not held handle fuels optional
- optional, not held write signalling reports optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aircraft marshaller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 aircraft marshalling signals study this
- 02 execute necessary procedures prior to take off practise this
- 03 operate follow-me vehicles 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 3 skills that carry over
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use ICT systems optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held respond to changing navigation circumstances optional
- optional, not held write signalling reports optional
- optional, not held handle fuels optional
- optional, not held use ICT systems optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
13 held skills the aircraft marshaller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address potential aerodrome hazards skill
- not needed by the target role approve the design of aircraft parking areas skill
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with specifications of aerodrome manual skill
- not needed by the target role conduct airport safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role conduct regular aviation research skill
- not needed by the target role ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures skill
- not needed by the target role ensure annual safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role implement the airside safety auditing system skill
- not needed by the target role investigate aircraft accidents skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate health and safety issues with third parties skill
- not needed by the target role supervise airside performance skill
- not needed by the target role undertake inspections skill
4 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 aircraft marshalling signals required
- still to learn civil aviation regulations required
- still to learn dangers of marshalling activity required
- still to learn ramp safety requirements required
Other moves recorded from airside safety manager
Common questions about this move
Can an airside safety manager become an aircraft marshaller?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An airside safety manager already covers 20% of what an aircraft marshaller is expected to do: 3 skills carry over, 3 of which the aircraft marshaller role treats as required.
What skills does an airside safety manager need to become an aircraft marshaller?
10 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by services. The single most important is aircraft marshalling signals.
How hard is the move from airside safety manager to aircraft marshaller?
Its learning distance is 74 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.