- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
- Follow emergency procedures to compensate for equipment malfunction or failure
- Instruct student pilots in procedures and techniques of flying aircraft and in ground-school subjects such as navigation, radio procedures and flying regulations
- Monitor operation of engine and aircraft systems during flight
- Perform post-flight inspections
- Record equipment malfunctions and corrective actions taken during flight
- Report required repairs to ground maintenance personnel
- Train licenced pilots for additional certification
- Train and prepare pilots for examination
- Co-ordinate flight activities with ground crews and air-traffic control, inform crew members of flight and test procedures and direct activities of aircraft crew during flights
- Conduct pre-flight inspection of aircraft and check passenger and cargo distribution to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met
- Contact control towers for takeoff clearances, arrival instructions and other information
- Maintain communications with flight dispatchers and weather forecasters and respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions
- Prepare flight evaluation reports
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Commercial Pilot Licence - fixed wing
- Transport Canada flight instructor rating
- Private Pilot Licence
- Flight instrument rating
- Visual Flight Rating
- Multi-instrument Flight Rating