According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements. | 97% |
| Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation. | 96% |
| Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields. | 94% |
| Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies. | 94% |
| Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways. | 93% |
| Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds. | 92% |
| Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel. | 86% |
| Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance. | 86% |
| Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions. | 85% |
| Plan and coordinate airfield construction. | 84% |
| Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft. | 83% |
| Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties. | 83% |
| Train operations staff. | 82% |
| Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities. | 82% |
| Receive, transmit, and control message traffic. | 79% |
| Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders. | 78% |
| Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information. | 77% |
| Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies. | 76% |
| Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning. | 74% |
| Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights. | 74% |
| Post visual display boards and status boards. | 73% |
| Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times. | 73% |
| Conduct departure and arrival briefings. | 72% |
| Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments. | 72% |
| Maintain flight and event logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights. | 70% |
| Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies. | 63% |
| Check military flight plans with civilian agencies. | 55% |
