Airfield Operations Specialists make sure that airplanes and helicopters take off and land safely.

• Check planes as they arrive, park, load, refuel, and take off
• Teach and use airfield safety
• Work with air traffic control to watch over airfield activities
• Give information on how to operate an aircraft safely
• Help air traffic control talk with people who fix and check the planes on the ground

• Airport
• Military base
• Military aircraft carrier (ship)
• Work in all hours that planes take off and land
• Work all different days including nights and weekends
• Work in all kinds of weather depending on where the airport is located

• Computers
• Phones
• Radios
• Air Radar systems
• Binoculars
• Flight simulators
• Machines
• Tools

• Most must have two years of training after high school or an associates degree (2years) from a college. Many train on the job watching others do the work.

• Traffic Technician
• Railyard Engineer
• Air Traffic Controller
• Airport Manager

• Reading
• Writing
• Math
• English
• Computers
• Science

• Dot to Dot Go
• Dot to Dot Tools

• Airport by Byron Barton
• National Geographic Readers: Planes (National Geographic Kids: Science Reader Level 1 by Amy Shields
• Richard Scarry's A Day at the Airport by Richard Scarry
• The Noisy Airplane Ride by Mike Downs
• A Day at an Airport (Time Goes By) by: Sarah Harrison
• The Great Airport Mystery (Hardy Boys, Book 9) by Franklin W. Dixon
• Gila Monsters Meet You At the Airport (Reading Rainbow Book) by: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• Airport (Usborne Sticker Books) by Dan Crisp
• Planes at the Airport by Peter Mandel and Ed Miller
• Airport (with magnets) Usborne Magnet Books by Felicity Brooks, Matt Durber, and Gustavo Mazali
• 50 Things to Spot at the Airport (Activity Cards) by Struan Reid and katrina Fearn
• Busy Airport: A lift the flap learning book by Gaby Goldsack and Jan Smith

• Career Town Luggage Load Up
• FAA Kids Page

• VA VIEW Career Search
• BLS Online
• ONET Online