Employment Percentage: 
24.161073825503
SOC ID: 
53-2022
SOC Title: 
Airfield Operations Specialists
ONET ID: 
53-2022.00
ONET Concat ID: 
53202200
Median Salary: 
54298.39
Ed Level High School: 
14.01
Ed Level Certificate: 
12.76
Ed Level Some College: 
8.03
Ed Level Associates: 
20.780001
Ed Level Bachelors: 
44.41
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a Bachelor's degree
Description: 

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.

Core Tasks: 

<ul><li>Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.</li><li>Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.</li><li>Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.</li><li>Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.</li><li>Plan and coordinate airfield construction.</li><li>Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.</li><li>Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.</li><li>Train operations staff.</li><li>Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
37484.63
Top Annual Earnings: 
109920.96
Title Slug: 
airfield-operations-specialist