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Work site environment
- Commercial aviation
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Bush pilot operation
- Dangerous
- Noisy
- Aerial surveys
- Aircraft testing
- Crop dusting and spraying
- Forest firefighting
Work setting
- Rural area
- Remote location
Tasks
- Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
- Perform post-flight inspections, record equipment malfunctions and corrective actions taken during flight and report required repairs to ground maintenance personnel
- 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 in-flight tests and monitor functioning of aircraft equipment and systems 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesᅠ
- Commercial Pilot Licence - rotors
- Pesticide Applicator's Licence
- Visual Flight Rating
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fertilizer applicator
- Sprayer or duster
Security and safety
- Medical exam
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel regularly
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Manual dexterity
- 20/20 vision
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Overtime required
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Values and ethics
Screening questions
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Workplace information
- On the road job
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options