Air pilot

Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience. Work site environment: Outdoors. At heights. Aerial surveys. Crop dusting and spraying. Forest firefighting. Work setting: Staff accommodation provided. Tasks: Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters. Monitor operation of engine and aircraft systems during flight. 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. 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. Certif...