Aviation Management

Alternative Job Titles for Airfield Operations Specialists

• Airfield Operations Specialist
• Airport Operations Agent
• Airport Operations Coordinator
• Airport Operations Officer
• Airport Operations Specialist
• Flight Follower
• Operations Agent
• Operations Coordinator
• Operations Officer
• Operations Specialist

Job Tasks and Activities for Airfield Operations Specialists

• Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights.
• Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.
• Assist others during emergencies.
• Check military flight plans with civilian agencies.
• Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments.
• Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
• Conduct departure and arrival briefings.
• Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields.
• Confer with coworkers to coordinate maintenance or cleaning activities.
• Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies.
• Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
• Coordinate flight control or management activities.
• Coordinate operational activities.
• Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.
• Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.
• Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
• Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways.
• Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
• Inspect facilities to ensure compliance with security or safety regulations.
• Inspect facilities, equipment or supplies to ensure conformance to standards.
• Inspect facilities.
• Inspect work sites to identify potential environmental or safety hazards.
• Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders.
• Maintain facilities.
• Maintain flight and event logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights.
• Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.
• Meet with coworkers to communicate work orders or plans.
• Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.
• Monitor vehicle movement or location.
• Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.
• Pilot aircraft.
• Plan and coordinate airfield construction.
• Plan flight operations.
• Plan work operations.
• Post visual display boards and status boards.
• Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.
• Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.
• Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times.
• Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.
• Record operational details of travel.
• Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.
• Remove snow.
• Review work orders or schedules to determine operations or procedures.
• Train operations staff.
• Train transportation or material moving personnel.
• Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties.

Interests for Airfield Operations Specialists

• Conventional
  Following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting.
• Realistic
  Designing, building, or repairing equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors.
• Enterprising
  Managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations.

Skills for Airfield Operations Specialists

In order of importance

• Active Listening
  Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  Importance: 75/100
• Monitoring
  Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  Importance: 75/100
• Critical Thinking
  Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  Importance: 69/100
• Coordination
  Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
  Importance: 69/100
• Reading Comprehension
  Reading work-related information.
  Importance: 69/100
• Speaking
  Talking to others.
  Importance: 69/100
• Complex Problem Solving
  Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  Importance: 60/100
• Writing
  Writing things for co-workers or customers.
  Importance: 60/100
• Active Learning
  Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
  Importance: 56/100
• Instructing
  Teaching people how to do something.
  Importance: 56/100
• Judgment and Decision Making
  Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  Importance: 56/100
• Social Perceptiveness
  Understanding people's reactions.
  Importance: 53/100
• Systems Analysis
  Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
  Importance: 53/100
• Systems Evaluation
  Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
  Importance: 53/100
• Time Management
  Managing your time and the time of other people.
  Importance: 53/100
• Operations Monitoring
  Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
  Importance: 50/100
• Service Orientation
  Looking for ways to help people.
  Importance: 50/100
• Learning Strategies
  Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
  Importance: 50/100
• Management of Personnel Resources
  Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
  Importance: 47/100
• Negotiation
  Bringing people together to solve differences.
  Importance: 47/100
• Operation and Control
  Using equipment or systems.
  Importance: 44/100
• Persuasion
  Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
  Importance: 44/100
• Operations Analysis
  Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
  Importance: 38/100
• Quality Control Analysis
  Testing how well a product or service works.
  Importance: 31/100
• Mathematics
  Using math to solve problems.
  Importance: 28/100
• Management of Material Resources
  Managing equipment and materials.
  Importance: 25/100
• Technology Design
  Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
  Importance: 19/100
• Science
  Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
  Importance: 16/100
• Troubleshooting
  Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
  Importance: 16/100
• Management of Financial Resources
  Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
  Importance: 16/100
• Programming
  Writing computer programs.
  Importance: 10/100
• Equipment Selection
  Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
  Importance: 6/100

Knowledge for Airfield Operations Specialists

In order of importance

• Public Safety and Security
  Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
  Importance: 86/100
• Transportation
  Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
  Importance: 81/100
• English Language
  Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  Importance: 80/100
• Customer and Personal Service
  Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  Importance: 76/100
• Education and Training
  Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  Importance: 69/100
• Telecommunications
  Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
  Importance: 66/100
• Administration and Management
  Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  Importance: 65/100
• Administrative
  Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
  Importance: 59/100
• Law and Government
  Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
  Importance: 59/100
• Computers and Electronics
  Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
  Importance: 57/100
• Mathematics
  Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  Importance: 52/100
• Communications and Media
  Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
  Importance: 52/100
• Personnel and Human Resources
  Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
  Importance: 49/100
• Geography
  Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
  Importance: 41/100
• Mechanical
  Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
  Importance: 40/100
• Engineering and Technology
  Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
  Importance: 36/100
• Production and Processing
  Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
  Importance: 34/100
• Building and Construction
  Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
  Importance: 31/100
• Biology
  Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
  Importance: 30/100
• Psychology
  Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
  Importance: 30/100
• Economics and Accounting
  Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
  Importance: 29/100
• Sales and Marketing
  Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
  Importance: 29/100
• Chemistry
  Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
  Importance: 28/100
• Physics
  Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
  Importance: 27/100
• Design
  Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
  Importance: 24/100
• Medicine and Dentistry
  Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
  Importance: 20/100
• Foreign Language
  Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
  Importance: 19/100
• Therapy and Counseling
  Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
  Importance: 17/100
• History and Archeology
  Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
  Importance: 10/100
• Sociology and Anthropology
  Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
  Importance: 10/100
• Philosophy and Theology
  Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
  Importance: 7/100
• Food Production
  Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
  Importance: 1/100

Physical Abilities for Airfield Operations Specialists

In order of importance

• Deductive Reasoning
  Using rules to solve problems.
  Importance: 78/100
• Problem Sensitivity
  Noticing when problems happen.
  Importance: 78/100
• Oral Expression
  Communicating by speaking.
  Importance: 75/100
• Written Comprehension
  Reading and understanding what is written.
  Importance: 75/100
• Oral Comprehension
  Listening and understanding what people say.
  Importance: 75/100
• Speech Clarity
  Speaking clearly.
  Importance: 69/100
• Inductive Reasoning
  Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
  Importance: 69/100
• Information Ordering
  Ordering or arranging things.
  Importance: 66/100
• Written Expression
  Communicating by writing.
  Importance: 66/100
• Far Vision
  Seeing details that are far away.
  Importance: 66/100
• Near Vision
  Seeing details up close.
  Importance: 66/100
• Perceptual Speed
  Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
  Importance: 56/100
• Flexibility of Closure
  Seeing hidden patterns.
  Importance: 56/100
• Selective Attention
  Paying attention to something without being distracted.
  Importance: 56/100
• Speech Recognition
  Recognizing spoken words.
  Importance: 56/100
• Category Flexibility
  Grouping things in different ways.
  Importance: 53/100
• Visualization
  Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
  Importance: 50/100
• Time Sharing
  Doing two or more things at the same time.
  Importance: 50/100
• Auditory Attention
  Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
  Importance: 50/100
• Speed of Closure
  Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
  Importance: 47/100
• Originality
  Creating new and original ideas.
  Importance: 47/100
• Fluency of Ideas
  Coming up with lots of ideas.
  Importance: 47/100
• Control Precision
  Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
  Importance: 44/100
• Visual Color Discrimination
  Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
  Importance: 44/100
• Manual Dexterity
  Holding or moving items with your hands.
  Importance: 41/100
• Mathematical Reasoning
  Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
  Importance: 41/100
• Hearing Sensitivity
  Telling the difference between sounds.
  Importance: 41/100
• Depth Perception
  Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
  Importance: 41/100
• Trunk Strength
  Using your lower back and stomach.
  Importance: 35/100
• Spatial Orientation
  Knowing where things are around you.
  Importance: 35/100
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
  Keeping your arm or hand steady.
  Importance: 35/100
• Response Orientation
  Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
  Importance: 35/100
• Night Vision
  Seeing at night or under low light.
  Importance: 31/100
• Finger Dexterity
  Putting together small parts with your fingers.
  Importance: 31/100
• Multilimb Coordination
  Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
  Importance: 31/100
• Glare Sensitivity
  Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
  Importance: 31/100
• Number Facility
  Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
  Importance: 31/100
• Memorization
  Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
  Importance: 31/100
• Reaction Time
  Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
  Importance: 31/100
• Peripheral Vision
  Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
  Importance: 28/100
• Sound Localization
  Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
  Importance: 25/100
• Stamina
  Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
  Importance: 22/100
• Gross Body Equilibrium
  Keeping your balance or staying upright.
  Importance: 22/100
• Rate Control
  Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
  Importance: 22/100
• Static Strength
  Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
  Importance: 22/100
• Extent Flexibility
  Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
  Importance: 22/100
• Wrist-Finger Speed
  Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
  Importance: 22/100
• Gross Body Coordination
  Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
  Importance: 19/100
• Dynamic Strength
  Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
  Importance: 19/100
• Speed of Limb Movement
  Quickly moving your arms and legs.
  Importance: 16/100
• Explosive Strength
  Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
  Importance: 10/100

Tools and Technology used by Airfield Operations Specialists

• Rescue truck
• Multi function printers
• Two way radios
• Joint cleaning or refacing machines
• Fire extinguishers
• Animal control traps
• Snow blowers
• Safety glasses
• Liquid crystal display LCD panels or monitors
• Area lighting
• Forklifts
• Sporting traps
• Articulating boom lift
• Flares
• Sporting shotguns
• Alarm systems
• Lawnmowers
• All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled
• Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
• Power sanders
• Security or access control systems
• Road sweeper
• Dump trucks
• Desktop computers
• Data base user interface and query software
  • Aircraft noise monitoring system software
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Ground transportation management system
  • Microsoft Access
  • Oracle Database
  • Parking access revenue control system
  • TRMI Airport AVI
• Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
• Operating system software
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft operating system
• Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
• Electronic mail software
  • Microsoft Outlook
• Accounting software
  • Intuit QuickBooks
• Application server software
  • Apache HTTP Server
• Expert system software
  • Decision Support Technologies Propworks
• Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Photoshop
• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • SAP software
• Enterprise application integration software
  • Extensible markup language XML
• Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
• Cloud-based data access and sharing software
  • Microsoft SharePoint
• Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Word processing software
• Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software
  • Internet Protocol Television Systems
• Calendar and scheduling software
  • Operations scheduling software

Employment Industries for Airfield Operations Specialists

• Scheduled air transportation
  9,000 employed
• Support activities for air transportation
  1,900 employed
• Nonscheduled air transportation
  1,300 employed
• Management of companies and enterprises
  700 employed
• Couriers and express delivery services
  400 employed