Project – Job profiles and qualifications for employees in Danish airports

Commercial transport education committee. The project is finalised.

Project start January 2008. Expected completion May 2010.

The project objective is to give an adequate picture of future job profiles within the airport authority, through description of development and status tendencies

Job profile descriptions can be used by employees, employer, educational institutes and organisations, to advise on job development and education within the airport authority

Included in the study are employees with positions connected to material transport and passenger goods as well as other service assignments (cargo, baggage & service)

The reasons for implementing analyses in these areas of employment are the ever changing job descriptions in the airport authority, as it is connected to many different service assignments within the central area of transport. They could be areas of dire importance such as safety and effectiveness of airport traffic e.g. off-loading of traffic and maintenance of outdoor areas.

Participants

• The Transport Training Board of Denmark (TUR in Danish) www.tur.dk, including members of the educational committee 
• Various airports in Denmark and an international airport
• Danish Ministry of Education (Undervisningsministeriet in Danish) www.uvm.dk

Project activities
The analyses is divided into 4 phases:

1.  A study, including interviews with personnel & management in chosen airports, to include an international airport
2.  Workshops starting with the study results, discussing future job prognoses
What tendencies are there in relation to organisation and technology usage?
What competence requirements are regarded as central?
3.  Creation of job profiles using information from phase 1 & 2 to include more interviews
4.  Promotion & creation of a report that summarizes tendencies in this area, to include job profile catalogue