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Daily Tasks
| Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights. | | Check military flight plans with civilian agencies. | | Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments. | | Conduct departure and arrival briefings. | | Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies. | | Coordinate communications between air-traffic control and maintenance personnel. | | Coordinate with agencies such as air traffic control, civil engineers, and command posts to ensure support of airfield management activities. | | Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance. | | Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation. | | Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders. | | Maintain flight and events logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights. | | Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft. | | Perform and supervise airfield management activities, which may include mobile airfield management functions. | | Plan and coordinate airfield construction. | | Post visual display boards and status boards. | | Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, and weather information. | | Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning. | | Receive and post weather information and flight plan data such as air routes and arrival and departure times. | | Receive, transmit, and control message traffic. | | Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies. | | Train operations staff. | | Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties. |
Daily Work Activities
| Communicate technical information. | | Use aircraft safety regulations. | | Use two-way radio or mobile phone. | | Compile numerical or statistical data. | | Understand English for aviation communications. | | Conduct preflight or in-flight tests or checks of aircraft equipment. | | Use computers to enter, access or retrieve data. | | Keep record of messages from aircraft. | | Direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff. | | Conduct training for personnel. | | Analyze factors such as weather reports to determine air routes. | | Plan construction of structures or facilities. | | Obtain flight information from dispatcher. |
Other Work Activities
| Communicating with Persons Outside Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. | | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. | | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. | | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. | | Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. | | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. | | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
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Schools Offering Degrees for
Airfield Operations Specialists |
 | Wyotech | Campus | Bedford, MA 01730 | | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | Campus | Flushing, NY 11369 | | Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics | Campus | West Mifflin, PA 15122 | | Embry Riddle Aeronautical University | Campus | Daytona Beach, FL 32114 | | Everglades University | Campus | Orlando, FL 32807 | | Everglades University | Campus | Boca Raton, FL 33431 | | National Aviation Academy A & P School | Campus | Clearwater, FL 33760 | | Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics | Campus | Vienna, OH 44473 | | Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology | Campus | Belleville, MI 48111 | | Mountain Air Helicopters | Campus | Logan, UT 84321 | | San Joaquin Valley College - Fresno Aviation Campus | Campus | Fresno, CA 93727 | | Wyotech | Campus | Oakland, CA 94621 |
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