Baggage flow supervisor to airport chief executive
A baggage flow supervisor already meets 34% of what the airport chief executive role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.6/ 100
1 How much of what an airport chief executive is expected to do is already part of a baggage flow supervisor’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 10 of its required skills as things a baggage flow supervisor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- airport safety regulations
- identify airport safety hazards
- implement airport emergency plans
- implement improvements in airport operations
- interact with airport stakeholders
- monitor airport service performance
What stands in the way is 16 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 airport chief executive role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a baggage flow supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held monitor airport service performance information skills
- already held implement airport emergency plans communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held implement improvements in airport operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held interact with airport stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide assistance to airport users communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held report airport security incidents information skills
All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the airport chief executive role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 27 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 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 supervise maintenance activities in airports required
- still to learn consider economic criteria in decision making required
- still to learn manage staff 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 direct airport subcontractors required
- still to learn liaise with colleagues required
- still to learn liaise with managers required
- still to learn show diplomacy required
- still to learn airport electrical systems required
- still to learn airport environmental regulations required
- still to learn airport lighting equipment required
- still to learn airport planning required
- still to learn compile airport certification manuals 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 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 airport electrical systems study 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held airport safety regulations knowledge
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held implement airport emergency plans skill
- already held implement improvements in airport operations skill
- already held interact with airport stakeholders skill
- already held monitor airport service performance skill
- already held provide assistance to airport users skill
- already held report airport security incidents 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
16 held skills the airport chief executive role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport terminal standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out evacuation of airport in an emergency skill
- not needed by the target role comply with schedule skill
- not needed by the target role conduct airport safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role conduct airport security screening skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with airport security measures skill
- not needed by the target role ensure efficient baggage handling skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role monitor security measures skill
- not needed by the target role perform ground-handling maintenance procedures skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role supervise transfer of luggage skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role transfer luggage skill
8 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 electrical systems required
- 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
Common questions about this move
Can a baggage flow supervisor become an airport chief executive?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A baggage flow supervisor already covers 34% of what an airport chief executive is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 10 of which the airport chief executive role treats as required.
What skills does a baggage flow supervisor need to become an airport chief executive?
16 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is airport electrical systems.
How hard is the move from baggage flow supervisor to airport chief executive?
Its learning distance is 70.6 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.