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airport-operations-officer Occupational skill for the role 'airport operations officer' (also: airport director, operations officer, aerodrome operations supervisor, head of airport operations, airport operations manager, airport operations chief). Use when the user asks for typical airport operations officer work such as: 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.

Airport Operations Officer

Airport operations officers perform supervisory and administrative work monitoring operational activities on an assigned shift at a large airport. They ensure the safe take-off and landing of aircrafts.

Core workflow

  1. Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
  2. Plan and coordinate airfield construction.
  3. Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.
  4. Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.
  5. Train operations staff.
  6. Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.
  7. Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
  8. Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • address potential aerodrome hazards
  • airport environmental regulations
  • airport planning
  • anticipate installation maintenance
  • apply airport standards and regulations
  • communicate verbal instructions
  • comply with specifications of aerodrome manual
  • comply with wildlife hazard management programmes
  • conduct airport security screening
  • conduct safe aircraft marshalling
  • create solutions to problems
  • dangers of marshalling activity
  • ensure adherence to aerodrome procedures
  • execute working instructions
  • identify airport safety hazards

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Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9967986b-570d-4db1-a179-aad7d1623ea8), ONET 30.3 (53-2022.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*