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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Airfield Operations Specialists

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Airfield Operations Specialists · O*NET 53-2022.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

11 of 23tools on this list have an AI solution available today

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AI you can use for this job

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The tools this job actually uses

23 documented for this occupation. Showing 23, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Adobe Photoshophot
  • Extensible markup language XMLhot
  • Intuit QuickBookshot
  • Linuxhot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft SharePointhot
  • Microsoft Windowshot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Oracle Databasehot
  • SAP softwarehot
  • Aircraft noise monitoring system software
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • Decision Support Technologies Propworks
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Ground transportation management system
  • Internet Protocol Television Systems
  • Operations scheduling software
  • Parking access revenue control system
  • TRMI Airport AVI

What this job involves

31 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
  2. Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
  3. Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields.
  4. Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.
  5. Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways.
  6. Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.
  7. Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
  8. Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.
  9. Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.
  10. Plan and coordinate airfield construction.
  11. Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.
  12. Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties.
  13. Train operations staff.
  14. Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.
  15. Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.
  16. Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders.
  17. Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.
  18. Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.
  19. Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.
  20. Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights.
  21. Post visual display boards and status boards.
  22. Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times.
  23. Conduct departure and arrival briefings.
  24. Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments.
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