Overview
Languages
Bilingual
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Work site environment
- Instructing
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Instruct student pilots in procedures and techniques of flying aircraft and in ground-school subjects such as navigation, radio procedures and flying regulations
- Train licenced pilots for additional certification
- 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 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
Supervision
- 11-15 people
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Commercial Pilot Licence - fixed wing
- Transport Canada�flight instructor rating
- Flight instrument rating
Experience and specialization
Flight instructor ratings
- Airplane