Aviation data communications manager to sales processor
An aviation data communications manager already meets 20% of what the sales processor role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a sales processor 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 sales processor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A sales processor 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.
- have computer literacy
- perform multiple tasks at the same time
- present reports
- use databases
- use different communication channels
What stands in the way is 15 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. A sales processor 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 use databases working with computers
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time management skills
- already held present 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 sales processor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 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 identify customer's needs required
- still to learn work independently in sales required
- still to learn ensure client orientation required
- optional, not held negotiate sales contracts optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held show diplomacy optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- still to learn provide customers with order information required
- still to learn provide customer follow-up services required
- still to learn provide information required
- still to learn issue sales invoices required
- still to learn meet deadlines required
- still to learn process payments required
- still to learn characteristics of services required
- still to learn sales activities required
- optional, not held company policies optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
- optional, not held supply chain principles optional
- still to learn process order forms with customer's information required
- still to learn process data required
- still to learn use spreadsheets software required
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held use e-services optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sales processor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 characteristics of products study this
- 02 characteristics of services study this
- 03 identify customer's needs 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 have computer literacy skill
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held use databases skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn characteristics of products required
- optional, not held electronic communication optional
- optional, not held e-commerce systems optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held company policies optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held e-commerce systems optional
- optional, not held negotiate sales contracts optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held electronic communication optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
- optional, not held show diplomacy optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held supply chain principles optional
- optional, not held use e-services optional
10 held skills the sales processor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- 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 risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role work in an aviation team skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
11 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 characteristics of products required
- still to learn characteristics of services required
- still to learn sales activities required
- optional, not held company policies optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held e-commerce systems optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held electronic communication optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held multimodal transport logistics optional
- optional, not held supply chain principles 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
- aeronautical information specialist 26% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from aviation data communications manager
Common questions about this move
Can an aviation data communications manager become a sales processor?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An aviation data communications manager already covers 20% of what a sales processor is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the sales processor role treats as required.
What skills does an aviation data communications manager need to become a sales processor?
15 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is characteristics of products.
How hard is the move from aviation data communications manager to sales processor?
Its learning distance is 78 out of 100, which is the career change 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.