Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

aviation inspectortoaviation data communications manager

A aviation inspector already meets 36% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aviation inspector
36%
Overlap1
To aviation data communications manager
5 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
56.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.9/ 100

1 Share of the aviation data communications manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aviation inspector 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

Why this move works

A aviation data communications manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a aviation inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply technical communication skills
  • common aviation safety regulations
  • have computer literacy
  • perform risk analysis
  • work in an aviation team

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aviation data communications manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aviation inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • already held perform risk analysis information skills
  • already held apply technical communication skills communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held have computer literacy working with computers

All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • required, not held communicate in air traffic services required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held manage data required
  • required, not held monitor communication channels' performance required
03 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held tolerate stress required
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
04 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage flight data communications programme required
  • optional, not held use databases optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aviation data communications manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
25 held skills the aviation data communications manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role airport operating environment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role airworthiness directives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role aviation standards and recommended practices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct aviation auditing skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct flight proficiency checks skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct quality assurance inspections on fuel operations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct regular aviation research skill
  • not needed by the target role enforce fuel storage regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate implementation of safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect aircraft documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate aircraft accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role issue waivers skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor airworthiness certifications skill
  • not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform inspections required by international conventions skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare audit activities skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare aviation equipment and facilities for training purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • not needed by the target role procedures associated with different air navigation areas knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
Index
Note

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.