Helicopter Pilot

Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
**Work site environment**:

- Commercial aviation
- Noisy
**Tasks**:

- Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
- Monitor operation of engine and aircraft systems during flight
- Make in-flight repairs, such as replacing fuses and adjusting instruments, and follow emergency procedures to compensate for equipment malfunction or failure
- 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 courses**:

- Commercial Pilot Licence - rotors
- Visual Flight Rating
**Security and safety**:

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

- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Long term benefits**:

- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)