Airfield Operations Specialists
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics · Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning, Management and Regulation
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $36,660; experienced workers reach $80,600. About 30 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
U.S. projection, 2024 to 2034.
- Employment change
- +4%
- Openings a year
- 1,600
- Employed in 2024
- 16,900
Typical entry education: High school diploma or equivalent · Training: Long-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
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Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Monitoring4.1
- Active Listening4.0
- Reading Comprehension4.0
- Coordination4.0
- Speaking3.9
- Critical Thinking3.9
- Writing3.3
- Complex Problem Solving3.3
What the work is
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.
- Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
- Plan and coordinate airfield construction.
- Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.
- Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.
- Train operations staff.
- Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less34%
- Some college15%
- Associate degree1%
- Bachelor's degree51%
Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.
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