Flight operations officer
Also searched as: Técnico superior en operaciones aeroportuarias
Code 3154.3
What does a Flight operations officer do?
Flight operations officers compile flight information to expedite movement of aircraft between and through airports. They compile aircraft dispatch data such as scheduled arrival and departure times at checkpoints and scheduled stops, amount of fuel needed for flight, and maximum allowable gross take-off and landing weight.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- air transport law
- air traffic control operations
Skills and competences
- deal with air traffic issues
- make time-critical decisions
- communicate analytical insights
- coordinate flight schedules
- ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
- ensure flights run to schedule
- manage aircraft support systems
- identify airport safety hazards
- implement airside safety procedures
- communicate verbal instructions
Transversal competences
- ejercer con los colegas un rol de liderazgo orientado a los objetivos
- manage allocation of flight resources
- manage aviation planning
- manage budgets
- organise aircraft maintenance
- work in shifts
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Technical knowledge can be verified with tests and references. What never shows up on a CV are the transversal competences, and they explain most failed hires. Before closing, it pays to measure them with a standardised battery.
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences