Aviation communications and frequency coordination manager to aircraft marshaller
An aviation communications and frequency coordination manager already meets 23% of what the aircraft marshaller role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
72.2/ 100
1 How much of what an aircraft marshaller is expected to do is already part of an aviation communications and frequency coordination 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 aviation communications and frequency coordination manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate in air traffic services
- operate radio equipment
- 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 4 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 aviation communications and frequency coordination manager background worth leading with.
- already held communicate in air traffic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held operate radio equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the aircraft marshaller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 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 execute necessary procedures prior to take off required
- still to learn apply airport standards and regulations required
- still to learn comply with air traffic control operations required
- still to learn operate follow-me vehicles required
- still to learn perform necessary checks before moving aircraft onto stand required
- still to learn identify airport safety hazards required
- optional, not held write signalling reports optional
- optional, not held respond to changing navigation circumstances optional
- optional, not held handle fuels 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held communicate in air traffic services skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use ICT systems optional
4 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
12 held skills the aircraft marshaller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply frequency management skill
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate technical standards for global interoperability skill
- not needed by the target role develop data link services for navigation purposes skill
- not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role manage flight data communications programme skill
- not needed by the target role monitor communication channels' performance skill
- not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels 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 aviation communications and frequency coordination manager
- aviation data communications manager 76% covered · adjacent
- aviation surveillance and code coordination manager 33% covered · substantial
- aeronautical information service officer 26% covered · substantial
- aeronautical information specialist 26% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from aviation communications and frequency coordination manager
Common questions about this move
Can an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager become an aircraft marshaller?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aviation communications and frequency coordination manager already covers 23% of what an aircraft marshaller is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 3 of which the aircraft marshaller role treats as required.
What skills does an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager need to become an aircraft marshaller?
10 required skills are missing, plus 4 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 aviation communications and frequency coordination manager to aircraft marshaller?
Its learning distance is 72.2 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.