Aviation surveillance and code coordination manager to airport chief executive
An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already meets 28% of what the airport chief executive role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.2/ 100
1 How much of what an airport chief executive is expected to do is already part of an aviation surveillance and code coordination 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 airport chief executive role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An airport chief executive role treats 8 of its required skills as things an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- airport electrical systems
- airport safety regulations
- implement improvements in airport operations
- interact with airport stakeholders
- manage staff
- supervise maintenance activities in airports
What stands in the way is 18 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An airport chief executive role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager background worth leading with.
- already held airport electrical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held supervise maintenance activities in airports management skills
- already held implement improvements in airport operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held interact with airport stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held airport safety regulations services
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the airport chief executive role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 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 direct airport subcontractors required
- still to learn implement airport emergency plans required
- still to learn provide assistance to airport users required
- still to learn liaise with colleagues required
- still to learn liaise with managers required
- still to learn show diplomacy required
- still to learn monitor airport service performance required
- still to learn compile airport certification manuals required
- still to learn report airport security incidents required
- still to learn identify airport safety hazards required
- optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of airport operations optional
- optional, not held manage airport vehicle licences optional
- still to learn coordinate airport environmental policies required
- still to learn create an airport master plan required
- still to learn prepare airport annual budget required
- still to learn consider economic criteria in decision making required
- optional, not held manage airport workshops optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- still to learn airport environmental regulations required
- still to learn airport lighting equipment required
- still to learn airport planning required
- still to learn airport operating environment required
- optional, not held comply with regulations on unpaved areas of airports optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an airport chief executive role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor airport service performance practise this
- 02 airport environmental regulations study this
- 03 airport lighting equipment study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held airport electrical systems knowledge
- already held airport safety regulations knowledge
- already held implement improvements in airport operations skill
- already held interact with airport stakeholders skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held supervise maintenance activities in airports skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held ICT security standards optional
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
- optional, not held visual aid systems in airports optional
- optional, not held ensure functionality of airport lighting systems optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT security standards optional
- optional, not held comply with regulations on unpaved areas of airports optional
- optional, not held conduct airport environmental studies optional
- optional, not held ensure functionality of airport lighting systems optional
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of airport operations optional
- optional, not held manage airport vehicle licences optional
- optional, not held manage airport workshops optional
- optional, not held visual aid systems in airports optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
20 held skills the airport chief executive 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 coordinate technical standards for global interoperability skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the allocation of Mode S radars to Interrogator Codes skill
- not needed by the target role cyber security knowledge
- not needed by the target role geographic information systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role global navigation satellite system performance parameters knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage aviation planning skill
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role monitor airport surveillance infrastructure skill
- not needed by the target role monitor security measures skill
- not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role security regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role surveillance radars knowledge
- not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role train security officers skill
- not needed by the target role work in an aviation team skill
7 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 airport environmental regulations required
- still to learn airport lighting equipment required
- still to learn airport operating environment required
- still to learn airport planning required
- optional, not held ICT security standards optional
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
- optional, not held visual aid systems in airports optional
Other moves recorded from aviation surveillance and code coordination manager
- aviation data communications manager 54% covered · moderate
- aviation communications and frequency coordination manager 50% covered · moderate
- aviation ground systems engineer 36% covered · substantial
- airport director 29% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from aviation surveillance and code coordination manager
Common questions about this move
Can an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager become an airport chief executive?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already covers 28% of what an airport chief executive is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 8 of which the airport chief executive role treats as required.
What skills does an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager need to become an airport chief executive?
18 required skills are missing, plus 11 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 service performance.
How hard is the move from aviation surveillance and code coordination manager to airport chief executive?
Its learning distance is 76.2 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.