How do they match: Airfield Operations Specialists

  • Maintenance Tech
  • Maintenance Technician
  • Flight Operations Engineer

  • 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.

  • Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
  • Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.
  • Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.

  • Confer with coworkers to coordinate maintenance or cleaning activities.