Work in airport?

arleitiss

Hey, I was just wondering, since I finish my school soon. Was wondering maybe someone of you was working in airport?
I really love planes and airport place, it always kinda gives nice atmosphere for work , (you can think I am weird if you want)
so maybe someone knows what you need to have to be able to work in airport?
What I have is:
3 languages,
Russian - Fluent
Latvian - Fluent
English - quite good I guess.

I also have some work experience in past.

So any ideas?

majiktripp

I would imagine you'd be suited to Multilingual customer service work or indeed a role as a translator or the likes if you were to work in an Airport, I would probably check and see are there any Russian owned or run Airlines operating out of Dublin or the likes and try to contact them. My 2 cents anyways...

Gillington

I havent had a proper look but there www.dublinairportjobs.com you might find something on that

yeahimhere

It really depends on where you want to work in the airport. The easiest route would be to apply for customer service - that is as a check in agent. All use their own computer systems so all training is provided when you start, you don't need any offical qualifications. As you have many languges you'd be hired before someone who just has english. But as english is the universal airline language - it's not necessary, but definitly helps.

As it's coming into the summer season, you might find airlines hiring for the season at the moment. I'd suggest to apply for a company called servisAir Globeground. They are a handling agent and handle most of the summer charter flights. Another option is to go for Ryanair, they're not the best company to work for but they hire all year round so helps to get your foot in the door. When you're in there you hear about a lot more jobs going elsewhere in the airport that are not advertised externally. I started with them and worked for three months before I moved on.

You could also apply to be a bagage handler, dispatcher, cabin crew or in the airline offices. Depending on where you work, the airport is a great place but the hours can be a pain. I used to work from 4am - 1pm and on weekends so it's hard to keep a social life with anyone whose not working in the airport also (unless you can do all nighters!)

I worked in the airport around 6 years ago so maybe some things have changed since then! Let me know if you want any more info

arleitiss

yeahimhere wrote: »

It really depends on where you want to work in the airport. The easiest route would be to apply for customer service - that is as a check in agent. All use their own computer systems so all training is provided when you start, you don't need any offical qualifications. As you have many languges you'd be hired before someone who just has english. But as english is the universal airline language - it's not necessary, but definitly helps.

As it's coming into the summer season, you might find airlines hiring for the season at the moment. I'd suggest to apply for a company called servisAir Globeground. They are a handling agent and handle most of the summer charter flights. Another option is to go for Ryanair, they're not the best company to work for but they hire all year round so helps to get your foot in the door. When you're in there you hear about a lot more jobs going elsewhere in the airport that are not advertised externally. I started with them and worked for three months before I moved on.

You could also apply to be a bagage handler, dispatcher, cabin crew or in the airline offices. Depending on where you work, the airport is a great place but the hours can be a pain. I used to work from 4am - 1pm and on weekends so it's hard to keep a social life with anyone whose not working in the airport also (unless you can do all nighters!)

I worked in the airport around 6 years ago so maybe some things have changed since then! Let me know if you want any more info

Nice info. Thanks.
Oh and I got question.
Lets say stright after leaving cert, which I have next year already, would I be able to get some job there without big requirements to finish college?
Since I don't keep big raving social life, I have plenty of time.
Or is there some age limitations?

yeahimhere

arleitiss wrote: »

Nice info. Thanks.
Oh and I got question.
Lets say stright after leaving cert, which I have next year already, would I be able to get some job there without big requirements to finish college?
Since I don't keep big raving social life, I have plenty of time.
Or is there some age limitations?

Depending on what you want to do will tell you what qualifications you need. Like if you wanted to work as an engineer you'd need more qualifications than if you wanted to work as a ticket agent.

It sounds like you just have a general interest in working in the airport but haven't really thought about which area interests you the most. Do you like working directly with passengers? Would you like to work with the planes? Would you like working in the background getting flights in and out? Do you want to work for an airline or for the airport? Also, you could just get a job in one of the shops in the airport, it's not directly related to airtravel but it's in the airport.

Have a look at the link below, it gives a general overview of the different jobs you could have in the airport. I couldn't find another site that gave a better overview but it's a start. Once you decide what area interests you, have a look at what you need to get there after school.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-airport-jobs.htm

Age wise, normal working laws apply.

arleitiss

yeahimhere wrote: »

Depending on what you want to do will tell you what qualifications you need. Like if you wanted to work as an engineer you'd need more qualifications than if you wanted to work as a ticket agent.

It sounds like you just have a general interest in working in the airport but haven't really thought about which area interests you the most. Do you like working directly with passengers? Would you like to work with the planes? Would you like working in the background getting flights in and out? Do you want to work for an airline or for the airport? Also, you could just get a job in one of the shops in the airport, it's not directly related to airtravel but it's in the airport.

Have a look at the link below, it gives a general overview of the different jobs you could have in the airport. I couldn't find another site that gave a better overview but it's a start. Once you decide what area interests you, have a look at what you need to get there after school.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-airport-jobs.htm

Age wise, normal working laws apply.

Well I thought of these jobs:

Passenger registration. You know where you register them and give them boarding pass. (since my languages would go in use)

Plane refueling. (since I love working outdoors)

or somewhere in security.

yeahimhere

arleitiss wrote: »

Well I thought of these jobs:

Passenger registration. You know where you register them and give them boarding pass. (since my languages would go in use)

Plane refueling. (since I love working outdoors)

or somewhere in security.

For passenger registration (also called check-in agent / passenger service agent or many other names!) you don't need any college qualification. They're really just looking for people who have strong customer service skills as you're dealing with people all the time. Secondary skills would be calculation and computer skills but in general if you've passed your leaving you're fine.

Plane refueling - I doubt you need a college qualification. I'm not 100% sure of how you get into that to be honest and would say it's part of another role rather than just refueling planes.

Security - again, don't need a college qualification, just be the right person for the job. You'd either apply to the IAA to screen all passengers before they go airside or there are some private firms that work in the airport too. They handle some US flights. I remember US airways used to use a private security firm due to the increased security for US flights.

One word of advice though, there are some "airline" courses listed out there that say they help you get a job in the airport. They're pretty expensive and to be honest they're not needed - they just cover the general training that airlines give you themselves. I worked with a few people who did them and regreted it afterwards because of the cost and it really was a waste.

arleitiss

yeahimhere wrote: »

For passenger registration (also called check-in agent / passenger service agent or many other names!) you don't need any college qualification. They're really just looking for people who have strong customer service skills as you're dealing with people all the time. Secondary skills would be calculation and computer skills but in general if you've passed your leaving you're fine.

Plane refueling - I doubt you need a college qualification. I'm not 100% sure of how you get into that to be honest and would say it's part of another role rather than just refueling planes.

Security - again, don't need a college qualification, just be the right person for the job. You'd either apply to the IAA to screen all passengers before they go airside or there are some private firms that work in the airport too. They handle some US flights. I remember US airways used to use a private security firm due to the increased security for US flights.

One word of advice though, there are some "airline" courses listed out there that say they help you get a job in the airport. They're pretty expensive and to be honest they're not needed - they just cover the general training that airlines give you themselves. I worked with a few people who did them and regreted it afterwards because of the cost and it really was a waste.

Thanks.
Well I think I have good enough computer skills, I do 3d modelling, some computer repairing. And learning to make programs. Well that's all advanced I guess.
Oh and btw I though of airline called AirBaltic
They go to Latvia. I mean like there is loads of latvians and russians in ireland that go everyday. And I know both languages.
But yeah, when time comes I will go to airport and ask there.