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Airfield Operations Specialists

	Median Wage (USD, 2024)	Projected Job Openings (2023-2033)	Projected Growth (2023-2033)
National Statistics	$56,750	1800	5.3%
State Statistics	-	-	-
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Statistics

National

State

City

State

City

$56,750

Median Wage (USD, 2023)

1800

Projected Job Openings (2023-2033)

5.3%

Projected Growth (2023-2033)

Ensure the safe takeoff and landing of commercial and military aircraft. Duties include coordination between air-traffic control and maintenance personnel, dispatching, using airfield landing and navigational aids, implementing airfield safety procedures, monitoring and maintaining flight records, and applying knowledge of weather information.

Experience Requirements Overview

Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Education, Training and Experience

Required Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree

Related Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

On-Site or In-Plant Training: Up to and including 1 month

On-the-Job Training: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year

Detailed Work Activities

Plan flight operations.
Plan work operations.
Coordinate flight control or management activities.
Monitor vehicle movement or location.
Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
Train transportation or material moving personnel.
Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
Record operational details of travel.
Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
Coordinate flight control or management activities.
Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
Record operational details of travel.
Coordinate flight control or management activities.
Plan flight operations.
Coordinate flight control or management activities.
Plan flight operations.
Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
Meet with coworkers to communicate work orders or plans.
Pilot aircraft.
Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement.
Review work orders or schedules to determine operations or procedures.
Assist others during emergencies.
Maintain facilities.
Inspect facilities, equipment or supplies to ensure conformance to standards.
Inspect facilities.
Inspect work sites to identify potential environmental or safety hazards.
Inspect facilities to ensure compliance with security or safety regulations.
Remove snow.
Confer with coworkers to coordinate maintenance or cleaning activities.
Coordinate operational activities.

Work Values

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Working Conditions

Recognition

Relationships

Support

Independence

Tasks

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

Work Styles

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Persistence

Initiative

Leadership

Cooperation

Concern for Others

Social Orientation

Self-Control

Stress Tolerance

Adaptability/Flexibility

Dependability

Attention to Detail

Integrity

Independence

Innovation

Analytical Thinking

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