Helicopter Pilot

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
**Work site environment**:

- Commercial aviation
- Outdoors
- Bush pilot operation
- Aerial surveys
- Forest firefighting
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
- Remote location
- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- 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 pre-flight inspection of aircraft and check passenger and cargo distribution to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met
- Prepare flight evaluation reports
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Commercial Pilot Licence - rotors
**Security and safety**:

- Medical exam
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel
- Travel expenses paid by employer
**Personal suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
**Health benefits**:

- Health care plan
**Financial benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Pension plan
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week