Airfield Operations Specialists

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.

On the job, you would:

• 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.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• high school diploma/GED

Safety and Government

• public safety and security
• law and government

Transportation

• movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Business

• customer service

Basic Skills

• keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

• Dependability
• Attention to Detail
• Integrity
• Stress Tolerance
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Cooperation

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• notice when problems happen
• use rules to solve problems

Attention

• pay attention to something without being distracted
• do two or more things at the same time

Visual Understanding

• quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things