Aviation surveillance and code coordination manager to aviation communications and frequency coordination manager
An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already meets 50% of what the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
48.5/ 100
1 How much of what an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager 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 aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply technical communication skills
- coordinate technical standards for global interoperability
- manage data
- operate radio equipment
- use different communication channels
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 7 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 8 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 surveillance and code coordination manager background worth leading with.
- already held coordinate technical standards for global interoperability communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage data information skills
- already held operate radio equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time management skills
- already held apply technical communication skills communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 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.
- 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
- still to learn apply frequency management required
- still to learn communicate in air traffic services required
- still to learn follow airport safety procedures required
- still to learn monitor communication channels' performance required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
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.
- 01 develop data link services for navigation purposes practise this
- 02 apply frequency management practise this
- 03 communicate in air traffic services 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held coordinate technical standards for global interoperability skill
- already held manage data skill
- already held operate radio equipment 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 perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
21 held skills the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport electrical systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply airport standards and regulations skill
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- 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 implement improvements in airport operations skill
- not needed by the target role interact with airport stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role manage aviation planning skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff 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 perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role security regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise maintenance activities in airports skill
- 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
Other moves recorded from aviation surveillance and code coordination manager
- aviation data communications manager 54% covered · moderate
- aviation ground systems engineer 36% covered · substantial
- airport director 29% covered · substantial
- airport chief executive 28% covered · career change
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 aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already covers 50% of what an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 7 of which the aviation communications and frequency coordination manager role treats as required.
What skills does an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager need to become an aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?
7 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is develop data link services for navigation purposes.
How hard is the move from aviation surveillance and code coordination manager to aviation communications and frequency coordination manager?
Its learning distance is 48.5 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.