Helicopter Pilot

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 5 years or more
- Airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Commercial aviation
- Outdoors
- Government transport
- Bush pilot operation
- Dangerous
- Noisy
- Search and rescue
- Aerial surveys
- Non-smoking
- Sightseeing
- Forest firefighting
- Instructing
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Urban area
- Remote location
- Various locations
- Willing to relocate
- In shop
**Tasks**:

- Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
- Monitor operation of engine and aircraft systems during flight
- Train licenced pilots for additional certification
- 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
- Train and prepare pilots for examination
- 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**:

- Transport Canada¿flight instructor rating
- Commercial Pilot Licence - rotors
- Flight instrument rating
- Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Licence
- Visual Flight Rating
- Multi-instrument Flight Rating
- Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
**Flight instructor ratings**:

- Helicopter
**Security and safety**:

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

- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel
**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
- 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
**Health benefits**:

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

- Bonus
**Long term benefits**:

- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities