Aviation communications and frequency coordination manager to aviation data communications manager
An aviation communications and frequency coordination manager already meets 76% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
22.6/ 100
1 How much of what an aviation data communications manager 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 aviation data communications manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aviation data communications manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply technical communication skills
- communicate in air traffic services
- have computer literacy
- manage data
- manage flight data communications programme
- monitor communication channels' performance
What stands in the way is 3 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. An aviation data communications manager 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 manage flight data communications programme working with computers
- already held monitor communication channels' performance information skills
- already held communicate in air traffic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage data information skills
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time management skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 4 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 common aviation safety regulations required
- still to learn present reports required
- still to learn perform risk analysis required
- optional, not held use databases optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aviation data communications manager 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 perform risk analysis practise this
- 03 present reports 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held communicate in air traffic services skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held manage data skill
- already held manage flight data communications programme skill
- already held monitor communication channels' performance skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held use databases optional
5 held skills the aviation data communications manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply frequency management 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 operate radio equipment 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 common aviation safety regulations required
Other moves recorded from aviation communications and frequency coordination manager
- aviation surveillance and code coordination manager 33% covered · substantial
- aeronautical information service officer 26% covered · substantial
- aeronautical information specialist 26% covered · substantial
- aircraft marshaller 23% 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 aviation data communications manager?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. An aviation communications and frequency coordination manager already covers 76% of what an aviation data communications manager is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 10 of which the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.
What skills does an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager need to become an aviation data communications manager?
3 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is common aviation safety regulations.
How hard is the move from aviation communications and frequency coordination manager to aviation data communications manager?
Its learning distance is 22.6 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.