Aviation surveillance and code coordination manager to aviation data communications manager
An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already meets 54% of what the aviation data communications manager role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
42.8/ 100
1 How much of what an aviation data communications 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 data communications manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aviation data communications 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
- common aviation safety regulations
- manage data
- perform risk analysis
- use different communication channels
- work in an aviation team
What stands in the way is 6 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 data communications 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 work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage data information skills
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
- already held perform multiple tasks at the same time management skills
- already held perform risk analysis information skills
- already held apply technical communication skills communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 4 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 manage flight data communications programme required
- still to learn have computer literacy required
- optional, not held use databases optional
- still to learn communicate in air traffic services required
- still to learn present reports required
- still to learn monitor communication channels' performance required
- still to learn tolerate stress required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aviation data communications manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate in air traffic services practise this
- 02 manage flight data communications programme practise this
- 03 monitor communication channels' performance 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 common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held manage data skill
- already held perform risk analysis 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 use databases optional
21 held skills the aviation data communications 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 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 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 operate radio equipment 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 communications and frequency coordination manager 50% 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 data communications manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An aviation surveillance and code coordination manager already covers 54% of what an aviation data communications manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 7 of which the aviation data communications manager role treats as required.
What skills does an aviation surveillance and code coordination manager need to become an aviation data communications manager?
6 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is communicate in air traffic services.
How hard is the move from aviation surveillance and code coordination manager to aviation data communications manager?
Its learning distance is 42.8 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.