Occupation Atlasairport director
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fc35b7ca-ecec-40d7-91b5-5065f662d955
airport director
Airport directors oversee a group of managers who lead or supervise a particular area of the airport, programme or a project.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional5.34
- S Social3.38
- I Investigative2.37
- R Realistic2.20
- A Artistic1.29
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from General and Operations Managers (11-1021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- airport environmental regulations
- airport operating environment
- apply airport standards and regulations
- build business relationships
- comply with legal regulations
- create solutions to problems
- ensure client orientation
- ensure public safety and security
- follow ethical code of conduct in transport services
- have computer literacy
- identify airport safety hazards
- implement improvements in airport operations
- implement strategic management
- maintain inventory of airport operations
- manage staff
- negotiate sales contracts
- provide assistance to airport users
- show diplomacy
- supervise maintenance activities in airports
- use different communication channels
- work in an aviation team
- write work-related reports
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 22 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
airport chief executive
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7 shared · 12 more of its ownimplement strategic management, apply airport standards and regulations, work in an aviation team, comply with legal regulations
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7 shared · 17 more of its ownidentify airport safety hazards, apply airport standards and regulations, work in an aviation team, ensure client orientation
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6 shared · 12 more of its ownwork in an aviation team, ensure client orientation, build business relationships, write work-related reports
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aviation surveillance and code coordination manager
6 shared · 13 more of its ownsupervise maintenance activities in airports, apply airport standards and regulations, work in an aviation team, write work-related reports
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6 shared · 19 more of its ownsupervise maintenance activities in airports, airport operating environment, apply airport standards and regulations, work in an aviation team
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commercial pilot
6 shared · 36 more of its ownfollow ethical code of conduct in transport services, identify airport safety hazards, apply airport standards and regulations, work in an aviation team
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