Aerial Sprayer

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Commercial aviation
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Bush pilot operation
- Dangerous
- Noisy
- Aerial surveys
- Non-smoking
- Crop dusting and spraying
- Forest firefighting
- ** Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
- Staff accommodation provided
- Remote location
- ** Tasks**:

- Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
- Monitor operation of engine and aircraft systems during flight
- Test new aircraft to evaluate performance
- 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 courses**:

- Commercial Pilot Licence - fixed wing
- First Aid Certificate
- Commercial Pilot Licence - rotors
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Medical exam
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Willing to travel
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- ** 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
- 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**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
- ** Other benefits**:

- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week