Baggage flow supervisor to airport director
A baggage flow supervisor already meets 30% of what the airport director role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
69.8/ 100
1 How much of what an airport director 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 director role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An airport director role treats 7 of its required skills as things a baggage flow supervisor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply airport standards and regulations
- ensure public safety and security
- identify airport safety hazards
- implement improvements in airport operations
- provide assistance to airport users
- use different communication channels
What stands in the way is 15 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 airport director 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 implement airport emergency plans communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held implement improvements in airport operations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide assistance to airport users communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
- already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
- already held ensure public safety and security assisting and caring
All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the airport director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 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 negotiate sales contracts required
- still to learn work in an aviation team required
- still to learn build business relationships required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- still to learn ensure client orientation required
- still to learn implement strategic management required
- still to learn show diplomacy required
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- still to learn supervise maintenance activities in airports required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held prepare airport annual budget optional
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- still to learn follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
- still to learn comply with legal regulations required
- still to learn airport operating environment required
- still to learn airport environmental regulations required
- still to learn maintain inventory of airport operations required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an airport director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 airport environmental regulations study this
- 02 airport operating environment study this
- 03 follow ethical code of conduct in transport 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 airport standards and regulations skill
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held identify airport safety hazards skill
- already held implement improvements in airport operations skill
- already held provide assistance to airport users skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held implement airport emergency plans skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- still to learn have computer literacy required
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held prepare airport annual budget optional
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
19 held skills the airport director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
- 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 follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role interact with airport stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role monitor airport service performance 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 report airport security incidents 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
2 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 operating environment required
Other moves recorded from baggage flow supervisor
Common questions about this move
Can a baggage flow supervisor become an airport director?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A baggage flow supervisor already covers 30% of what an airport director is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 7 of which the airport director role treats as required.
What skills does a baggage flow supervisor need to become an airport director?
15 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is airport environmental regulations.
How hard is the move from baggage flow supervisor to airport director?
Its learning distance is 69.8 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.