Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

ground lighting officertoairport director

A ground lighting officer already meets 16% of what the airport director role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ground lighting officer
16%
Overlap1
To airport director
4 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
80.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

16%

Learning distance A rebuild

80.7/ 100

1 Share of the airport director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ground lighting officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A airport director role treats 4 of its required skills as things a ground lighting officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply airport standards and regulations
  • identify airport safety hazards
  • manage staff
  • work in an aviation team

What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A airport director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ground lighting officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held identify airport safety hazards information skills
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations assisting and caring
  • already held work in an aviation team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage staff management skills

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the airport director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 10 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held implement improvements in airport operations required
  • required, not held negotiate sales contracts required
  • required, not held provide assistance to airport users required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held ensure client orientation required
  • required, not held implement strategic management required
  • required, not held show diplomacy required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held implement airport emergency plans optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held ensure public safety and security required
  • required, not held follow ethical code of conduct in transport services required
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
03 management skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held supervise maintenance activities in airports 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
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held airport operating environment required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held airport environmental regulations required
06 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held maintain inventory of airport operations required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a airport director 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply airport standards and regulations skill
  • already held identify airport safety hazards skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held work in an aviation team skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held implement airport emergency plans optional
  • 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
20 held skills the airport director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role airport lighting equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role artificial lighting systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cartography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
  • not needed by the target role design customised maps skill
  • not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
  • not needed by the target role differentiate between airfield lighting skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure functionality of airport lighting systems skill
  • not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage risk of lighting failure skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role produce airport lighting system reports skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise routine maintenance of airport lighting systems skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff in quality procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff in safety procedures 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held airport environmental regulations required
  • required, not held airport operating environment required
Index

Other moves recorded from ground lighting officer

Full index of moves from ground lighting officer

Note

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.