Helicopter Pilot

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dangerous
- Noisy
- Non-smoking
**Work setting**:

- Remote location
- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
- 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 - rotors
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Willing to travel regularly
- Willing to travel for extended periods
**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
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Overtime required
**Personal suitability**:

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

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
**Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
- Commission
**Long term benefits**:

- Other benefits