aviation ground systems engineertoaviation surveillance and code coordination manager
A aviation ground systems engineer already meets 36% of what the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
65.6/ 100
1 Share of the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aviation ground systems engineer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a aviation ground systems engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- airport safety regulations
- apply airport standards and regulations
- perform risk analysis
- supervise maintenance activities in airports
- use different communication channels
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 12 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aviation ground systems engineer background worth leading with.
- already held supervise maintenance activities in airports management skills
- already held airport electrical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interact with airport stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held global navigation satellite system performance parameters natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held airport safety regulations services
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held coordinate technical standards for global interoperability required
- required, not held apply technical communication skills required
- optional, not held implement improvements in airport operations optional
- optional, not held train security officers optional
- required, not held manage aviation planning required
- required, not held manage staff required
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- required, not held coordinate the allocation of Mode S radars to Interrogator Codes required
- required, not held operate radio equipment required
- required, not held manage data required
- optional, not held monitor security measures optional
- optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
- required, not held security regulations required
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor airport surveillance infrastructure skill · occupation specific
- 02 common aviation safety regulations knowledge · sector specific
- 03 coordinate technical standards for global interoperability skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held airport safety regulations knowledge
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held supervise maintenance activities in airports 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 airport electrical systems knowledge
- already held global navigation satellite system performance parameters knowledge
- already held interact with airport stakeholders skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held monitor airport surveillance infrastructure required
- required, not held surveillance radars required
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- optional, not held implement improvements in airport operations optional
- optional, not held train security officers optional
- optional, not held monitor security measures optional
- optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
18 held skills the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport operating environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse software specifications skill
- not needed by the target role carry out research on ground systems skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with airport security measures skill
- not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
- not needed by the target role ground segment knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware architectures knowledge
- not needed by the target role illegal substances knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret visual literacy skill
- not needed by the target role levels of software testing knowledge
- not needed by the target role measure software usability skill
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role read 3D displays skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
- not needed by the target role test ground system performance skill
- not needed by the target role use ICT equipment in maintenance activities skill
- not needed by the target role utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held common aviation safety regulations required
- required, not held geographic information systems required
- required, not held security regulations required
- required, not held surveillance radars required
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
Other moves recorded from aviation ground systems engineer
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.