Aviation ground systems engineer to aviation surveillance and code coordination manager
An 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.
65.6/ 100
1 How much of what an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager is expected to do is already part of an aviation ground systems engineer’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 surveillance and code coordination manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things an aviation ground systems engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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. An 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 an 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 may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 10 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 coordinate technical standards for global interoperability required
- still to learn apply technical communication skills required
- optional, not held implement improvements in airport operations optional
- optional, not held train security officers optional
- still to learn manage aviation planning required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
- still to learn coordinate the allocation of Mode S radars to Interrogator Codes required
- still to learn operate radio equipment required
- still to learn manage data required
- optional, not held monitor security measures optional
- optional, not held monitor technology trends optional
- still to learn security regulations required
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an 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 practise this
- 02 common aviation safety regulations study this
- 03 coordinate technical standards for global interoperability 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 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
- still to learn monitor airport surveillance infrastructure required
- still to learn surveillance radars required
- still to learn 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.
- still to learn common aviation safety regulations required
- still to learn geographic information systems required
- still to learn security regulations required
- still to learn 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
Common questions about this move
Can an aviation ground systems engineer become an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aviation ground systems engineer already covers 36% of what an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 7 of which the aviation surveillance and code coordination manager role treats as required.
What skills does an aviation ground systems engineer need to become an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager?
12 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is monitor airport surveillance infrastructure.
How hard is the move from aviation ground systems engineer to aviation surveillance and code coordination manager?
Its learning distance is 65.6 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.