Description
Ensure safe, efficient ground handling of commercial aircraft. Responsibilities include marshalling and parking, loading and unloading baggage and cargo, operating ground service equipment, coordinating fueling, deicing, and pushback with flight crews and operations, enforcing ramp safety and security, and maintaining accurate load, weight-and-balance inputs, and service records.
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
- • Administrative
- • Customer and Personal Service
Engineering and Technology
- • Computers and Electronics
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
- • Law and Government
Communications
- • Telecommunications
- • Communications and Media
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Writing
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Active Learning
- • Learning Strategies
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Coordination
- • Instructing
- • Service Orientation
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
- • Systems Analysis
- • Systems Evaluation
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
- • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
- • Time Sharing
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Auditory Attention
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Related specializations
Interview options
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Interview time
Related Pathways
Supply Chain & Transportation
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
