Flight Instructor

Work site environment

• Commercial aviation
• Outdoors
• At heights
• Noisy
• Aircraft testing
• Instructing

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
• Instruct student pilots in procedures and techniques of flying aircraft and in ground-school subjects such as navigation, radio procedures and flying regulations
• Monitor operation of engine and aircraft systems during flight
• 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
• 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

Supervision

• 16-20 people
• More than 20 people

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Commercial Pilot Licence - fixed wing
• First Aid Certificate
• Transport Canada�flight instructor rating
• Private Pilot and Commercial Pilot Licence - ultra-light airplane

Additional information

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Enhanced reliability security clearance
• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• 20/20 vision
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours