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Job Details

Test Pilot

Employer

Avionco Canada Ltd.

Date Posted

April 19, 2024

Languages

Bilingual
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $2,172.74 daily
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jun 14, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Avionco Canada Ltd.

Languages

Bilingual

Education

Other trades certificate or diploma

Tasks

  • Fly fixed wing aircrafts or helicopters
  • Monitor operation of engine and aircraft systems during flight
  • Test new aircraft to evaluate performance
  • 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
  • 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

Experience

5 years or more

Workplace information

On the road job


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Test Pilot is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Pilots
OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to provide services such as search-and-rescue operations, aerial surveying and spraying and crop dusting

INNOVATIVE

Interest in analyzing information to test new aircraft to evaluate performance

DIRECTIVE

Interest in speaking with crews to direct their activities during flights as captain or co-pilot and in performing captain's duties as first officer, if required; in training other pilots on new equipment, and in preparing them for examinations to validate and upgrade existing licences

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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