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flight instructor

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Employer details Airhart Aviation

Job details

  • LocationKelowna, BC
  • Workplace information On the road
  • Salary30.00 hourly / 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Terms of employment Term or contractFull time
  • Day, Night, Flexible Hours
  • Start date: 2025-02-01 End date: 2026-01-31
  • Benefits: Financial benefits, Other benefits
  • vacancies 1 vacancy
  • Source Job Bank #3114869

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

  • Commercial aviation
  • Outdoors
  • Bush pilot operation
  • Aerial surveys
  • Sightseeing
  • Instructing

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
  • Follow emergency procedures to compensate for equipment malfunction or failure
  • 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
  • Perform post-flight inspections
  • Record equipment malfunctions and corrective actions taken during flight
  • Report required repairs to ground maintenance personnel
  • Train licenced pilots for additional certification
  • Train and prepare pilots for examination
  • 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Commercial Pilot Licence - fixed wing
  • Transport Canada flight instructor rating
  • Landplane and Seaplane Endorsements

Experience and specialization

Flight instructor ratings

  • Airplane

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Reliability

Benefits

Financial benefits

  • Gratuities
  • Night shift premium

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for newcomers and refugees
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  • Does not require Canadian work experience

Who can apply to this job?

The employer accepts applications from:

  • Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada.
  • Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.

Advertised until

2024-11-09

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Airhart Aviation

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flight instructor NOC 72600 Thompson–Okanagan Region
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