72600 – Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors

شرح اصلی

Air pilots fly fixed wing aircraft and helicopters to provide air transportation and other services such as crop spraying and aerial surveying.

وظایف اصلی

• Conduct pre-flight inspection of aircraft and check passenger and cargo distribution to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met
• Coordinate 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
• Contact control towers for takeoff clearances, arrival instructions and other information
• Conduct in-flight tests and monitor functioning of aircraft equipment and systems during flights, maintain communications with flight dispatchers and weather forecasters and respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions
• Prepare flight evaluation reports
• Train pilots to use new equipment, or prepare them for examinations to revalidate or upgrade existing licences
• May fly new or experimental planes to examine their flight performance and safety
• May participate in search and rescue operations, forest firefighting, aerial surveying, crop dusting and other services.
• Inspect aircraft prior to takeoff according to pre-flight checklist and verify passenger and cargo distribution to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met
• Assist air pilots in monitoring aircraft systems, equipment and functions during flight
• 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.
• Instruct student pilots in procedures and techniques of flying aircraft and in ground-school subjects such as navigation, radio procedures and flying regulations
• Train licensed pilots for additional certification.

شرایط استخدام

• Completion of secondary school and graduation from a certified flying or aviation school are required.
• A university degree or college diploma may be required.
• Additional licences or endorsements to fly different types of aircraft are required.
• Structured training is provided by employers.
• A commercial pilot's licence (more than 200 hours of flight experience) or an air transport pilot's licence (more than 1500 hours of flight experience) is required.
• A commercial pilot's or an air transport pilot's licence is required.
• Flight engineers require a flight engineer licence issued by Transport Canada.
• Transport Canada ratings and endorsements to provide instructions on different types of aircraft are required.

نمونه عنوان‌های شغلی

aerial crop duster · crop duster · airplane pilot · charter pilot · helicopter pilot · topographic survey pilot · first officer - air transport · co-pilot · co-pilot - air transport · flight engineer · flying instructor · flight instructor · helicopter flight instructor · flight simulator instructor

دستمزد (ساعتی)

منبع: دستمزدهای Job Bank، انتشار 2025 (ESDC). پایین و بالا برابر صدک ۱۰ و ۹۰ است.