Career Overlap Transition record
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Aviation meteorologist to aviation communications and frequency coordination manager

An aviation meteorologist already meets 23% of what the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From aviation meteorologist
23 % overlap
Distant match
To aviation communications and frequency coordination manager
4 You already bring
11 Still to learn
16 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.6/ 100

1 How much of what an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager is expected to do is already part of an aviation meteorologist’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 communications and frequency coordination manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things an aviation meteorologist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • follow airport safety procedures
  • use different communication channels
  • work in an aviation team

What stands in the way is 11 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aviation meteorologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held follow airport safety procedures assisting and caring
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held tolerate stress management skills
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required
  • still to learn apply frequency management required
  • still to learn communicate in air traffic services required
  • still to learn coordinate technical standards for global interoperability required
  • still to learn apply technical communication skills required
  • still to learn write work-related reports required
02 working with computers 3 required
  • still to learn develop data link services for navigation purposes required
  • still to learn manage flight data communications programme required
  • still to learn have computer literacy required
03 information skills 2 required
  • still to learn manage data required
  • still to learn monitor communication channels' performance required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • still to learn operate radio equipment required
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an aviation communications and frequency coordination 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 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held follow airport safety procedures skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
  • already held tolerate stress skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
20 held skills the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
  • not needed by the target role advise aircraft in hazardous conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse weather forecast skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out meteorological research skill
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role collect weather-related data skill
  • not needed by the target role develop models for weather forecast skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast meteorological conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor performance of meteorological equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role plan procurement of meteorological equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare forecasts for take-off and landing skill
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role provide quality assurance for meteorological services+H40 skill
  • not needed by the target role provide reports on routine meteorological observations skill
  • not needed by the target role review meteorological forecast data skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use aeronautical mobile service communications skill
  • not needed by the target role use meteorological tools to forecast meteorological conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role use specialised computer models for weather forecasting skill
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an aviation meteorologist become an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aviation meteorologist already covers 23% of what an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 3 of which the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats as required.

What skills does an aviation meteorologist need to become an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?

11 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is develop data link services for navigation purposes.

How hard is the move from aviation meteorologist to aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?

Its learning distance is 69.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.