Airfield Operations Specialist

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: 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

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.

Knowledge

• Public Safety and Security
• English Language
• Transportation
• Customer and Personal Service
• Education and Training
• Administration and Management
• Telecommunications
• Administrative
• Law and Government
• Computers and Electronics
• Mathematics
• Communications and Media

Skills

• Active Listening
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Active Learning
• Learning Strategies

Abilities

• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Inductive Reasoning
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression
• Information Ordering
• Near Vision
• Far Vision
• Flexibility of Closure
• Perceptual Speed
• Selective Attention
• Speech Recognition
• Category Flexibility
• Visualization
• Time Sharing
• Auditory Attention