Automotive brake technician to aircraft de-icer installer
An automotive brake technician already meets 36% of what the aircraft de-icer installer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.1/ 100
1 How much of what an aircraft de-icer installer is expected to do is already part of an automotive brake 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 aircraft de-icer installer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aircraft de-icer installer role treats 6 of its required skills as things an automotive brake technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply health and safety standards
- mechanics
- read standard blueprints
- troubleshoot
- use technical documentation
- wear appropriate protective gear
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 aircraft de-icer installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an automotive brake technician background worth leading with.
- already held use technical documentation information skills
- already held apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
- already held read standard blueprints information skills
- already held wear appropriate protective gear assisting and caring
- already held mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held troubleshoot communication, collaboration and creativity
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the aircraft de-icer installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 8 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 align components required
- still to learn fasten components required
- still to learn use power tools required
- still to learn aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn electromechanics required
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held engineering principles optional
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
- still to learn quality standards required
- still to learn read engineering drawings required
- optional, not held install bleed air systems optional
- optional, not held install deicing boot optional
- optional, not held install electrothermal de-icing systems optional
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aircraft de-icer installer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 common aviation safety regulations study this
- 02 aircraft mechanics study this
- 03 align components 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 apply health and safety standards skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install bleed air systems optional
- optional, not held install deicing boot optional
- optional, not held install electrothermal de-icing systems optional
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held conduct performance tests optional
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held engineering principles optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held liaise with engineers optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
15 held skills the aircraft de-icer installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on motor vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role automotive diagnostic equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role inspect repaired tyres skill
- not needed by the target role inspect worn tyres skill
- not needed by the target role maintain braking system skill
- not needed by the target role maintain motor vehicle steering system skill
- not needed by the target role maintain motorcycle records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain suspension system skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of motor vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare tyres for vulcanization skill
- not needed by the target role rebuff tyre skill
- not needed by the target role replace tyres skill
- not needed by the target role use automotive diagnostic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role vehicle electrical systems knowledge
8 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
- still to learn aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn electromechanics required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held engineering principles optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
Other moves recorded from automotive brake technician
Common questions about this move
Can an automotive brake technician become an aircraft de-icer installer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An automotive brake technician already covers 36% of what an aircraft de-icer installer is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 6 of which the aircraft de-icer installer role treats as required.
What skills does an automotive brake technician need to become an aircraft de-icer installer?
8 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is common aviation safety regulations.
How hard is the move from automotive brake technician to aircraft de-icer installer?
Its learning distance is 60.1 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.