Aviation data communications manager to aeronautical information specialist
An aviation data communications manager already meets 26% of what the aeronautical information specialist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.2/ 100
1 How much of what an aeronautical information specialist is expected to do is already part of an aviation data communications 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 aeronautical information specialist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aeronautical information specialist role treats 5 of its required skills as things an aviation data communications manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply technical communication skills
- have computer literacy
- use different communication channels
- work in an aviation team
- write work-related reports
What stands in the way is 13 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aeronautical information specialist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aviation data communications manager background worth leading with.
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply technical communication skills communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the aeronautical information specialist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 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 ensure safety in international aviation required
- still to learn ensure compliance with legal requirements required
- still to learn provide customer follow-up services required
- still to learn build business relationships required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn ensure client orientation required
- still to learn maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services required
- still to learn compile data for navigation publications required
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- still to learn manage aeronautical information management services required
- still to learn use geographic information systems required
- still to learn meet deadlines required
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
- still to learn test improved aeronautical information management systems required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aeronautical information specialist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services practise this
- 02 test improved aeronautical information management systems practise this
- 03 compile data for navigation publications 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work in an aviation team skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn geographic areas required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
10 held skills the aeronautical information specialist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate in air traffic services 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 perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use databases skill
2 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 geographic areas required
- optional, not held aviation meteorology optional
Other moves recorded from aviation data communications manager
- aviation communications and frequency coordination manager 66% covered · moderate
- aviation surveillance and code coordination manager 33% covered · substantial
- aeronautical information service officer 26% covered · substantial
- sales processor 20% covered · career change
Full index of moves from aviation data communications manager
Common questions about this move
Can an aviation data communications manager become an aeronautical information specialist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aviation data communications manager already covers 26% of what an aeronautical information specialist is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the aeronautical information specialist role treats as required.
What skills does an aviation data communications manager need to become an aeronautical information specialist?
13 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is maintain up-to-date aeronautical information management services.
How hard is the move from aviation data communications manager to aeronautical information specialist?
Its learning distance is 70.2 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.