Avionics technician to aircraft de-icer installer
An avionics technician already meets 43% of what the aircraft de-icer installer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
53.1/ 100
1 How much of what an aircraft de-icer installer is expected to do is already part of an avionics technician’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 aircraft de-icer installer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aircraft de-icer installer role treats 6 of its required skills as things an avionics technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply health and safety standards
- common aviation safety regulations
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
- troubleshoot
- wear appropriate protective gear
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 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aircraft de-icer installer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an avionics technician background worth leading with.
- already held common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
- already held conduct performance tests constructing
- already held liaise with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held read engineering drawings information skills
- already held engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held apply health and safety standards assisting and caring
All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the aircraft de-icer installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn electromechanics required
- still to learn mechanics required
- optional, not held electric current optional
- still to learn align components required
- still to learn fasten components required
- still to learn use power tools required
- still to learn quality standards required
- still to learn use technical documentation required
- optional, not held install bleed air systems optional
- optional, not held install deicing boot optional
- optional, not held install electrothermal de-icing systems optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aircraft de-icer installer 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 · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held read standard blueprints skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held conduct performance tests skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install bleed air systems optional
- optional, not held install deicing boot optional
- optional, not held install electrothermal de-icing systems optional
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held install pneumatic systems optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
24 held skills the aircraft de-icer installer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply soldering techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assemble electrical components skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical systems used in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- not needed by the target role install electrical and electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate soldering equipment skill
- not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
- not needed by the target role test electronic units skill
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
- not needed by the target role use CADD software skill
- not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
6 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 aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn electromechanics required
- still to learn mechanics required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held electric current optional
- optional, not held pneumatics optional
Common questions about this move
Can an avionics technician become an aircraft de-icer installer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An avionics technician already covers 43% of what an aircraft de-icer installer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 6 of which the aircraft de-icer installer role treats as required.
What skills does an avionics technician need to become an aircraft de-icer installer?
8 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is aircraft mechanics.
How hard is the move from avionics technician to aircraft de-icer installer?
Its learning distance is 53.1 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.