What You'll Do

  • Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
  • Plan and coordinate airfield construction.
  • Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.
  • Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.
  • Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders.
  • Train operations staff.
  • Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.
  • Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.
  • Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
  • Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.

Essential Skills

Active Listening 4.0/5
Monitoring 4.0/5
Reading Comprehension 3.75/5
Speaking 3.75/5
Critical Thinking 3.75/5
Coordination 3.75/5
Writing 3.38/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.38/5
Active Learning 3.25/5
Instructing 3.25/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.25/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.12/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.

Common styles

Dependability, Cautiousness, Attention to Detail, Stress Tolerance, Self-Control

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Problem Sensitivity 4.12/5
Deductive Reasoning 4.12/5
Oral Comprehension 4.0/5
Written Comprehension 4.0/5
Oral Expression 4.0/5
Inductive Reasoning 3.75/5
Speech Clarity 3.75/5
Written Expression 3.62/5

Technologies & Tools

Adobe Photoshop Aircraft noise monitoring system software Apache HTTP Server Decision Support Technologies Propworks Extensible markup language XML FileMaker Pro Ground transportation management system Internet Protocol Television Systems Intuit QuickBooks Linux Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft Windows Microsoft Word Operations scheduling software Oracle Database

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.95/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 4.83/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.78/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 4.7/5)
  • Self-Control (High importance: 4.67/5)

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How to Become One

This career typically requires vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some specialized training or certification may also be required.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Airfield Operations Specialist Airfield Services Officer Airline Dispatcher Airport Agent Airport Operations Agent Airport Operations Coordinator Airport Operations Crew Member Airport Operations Officer Airport Operations Specialist Airport Ramp Agent Airport Security Officer Airport Services Supervisor Airport Supervisor Aviation Operations Specialist Flight Follower Flight Information Expediter Flight Operations Agent Flight Operations Coordinator Flight Operations Engineer Flight Operations Planner Flight Operations Specialist Ground Operations Crew Member Operations Agent Operations Coordinator Operations Officer Operations Specialist

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

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