Job Overview
Employment Type
Hourly
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Exact $39.92
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Employee assistance program
Training and Development
Shift Differentials
Job Description
The hiring establishment is an Air Traffic Control Tower facility that operates under the guidance and supervision of the Tower Manager. This establishment is responsible for managing the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic within a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) environment. As a critical aviation facility, it ensures that all participating aircraft follow strict air traffic regulations to maintain safety while accommodating efficient aircraft movement. Typically, the Air Traffic Control Tower collaborates closely with other aviation authorities and services to provide a seamless operational framework that supports the complex demands of airport traffic management at various levels of... Show More
Job Requirements
- Have a Control Tower Operator Certificate
- Hold a current Class II Medical Certificate
- Subject to drug and or alcohol testing per DOT FAA requirements including pre-employment, random, reasonable cause suspicion, post-accident
- Minimum six months experience holding a Control Tower Operator Certificate or FAA Credential with tower rating in an Air Traffic Control Tower
Job Qualifications
- Possession of a Control Tower Operator Certificate
- Current Class II Medical Certificate
- Experience holding a Control Tower Operator Certificate or FAA Credential with tower rating for a minimum of six months in an Air Traffic Control Tower
- Proficiency with navigational aids and radar equipment
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to make decisive and rapid decisions under pressure
- Understanding of IFR and VFR traffic control procedures
- Knowledge of weather report analysis
- Capability to perform safety and emergency procedures
- Ability to train and guide junior staff
Job Duties
- Make decisions involving the order of departures to assure equitable treatment of aircraft
- Determine times and direction of takeoff and any turns necessary for departure
- Decide whether inbound aircraft are to land immediately or circle and manage distances to control arrival
- Select the active runway and possible simultaneous use of other runways
- Manage the time and methods by which arrivals and departures are interspersed to minimize delays
- Ensure landing and departing aircraft are cleared to use runways meeting separation standards
- Sequence arriving traffic before entry into traffic patterns to assure safe flow on final approach
- Apply IFR separation standards as delegated by approach control
- Use radar equipment to sequence VFR and IFR traffic and separate IFR traffic when delegated
- Authorize VFR flights through airport traffic area
- Coordinate with other controllers on arrival and departure movements
- Preplan traffic sequencing and separation in non-approach terminals
- Set up checkpoints to maintain traffic separation
- Maintain continuous mental picture and evaluation of traffic
- Maintain continuous radio watch with previously contacted aircraft
- Handle IFR traffic at assigned airport
- Study weather reports and forecasts and observe weather conditions impacting traffic
- Furnish aircraft with field conditions, altimeter settings, weather info, navigational aid status, and aircraft malfunctioning reports
- Operate light guns, runway lights, field lighting, jet barriers
- Orient pilots lost or in difficulty and coordinate with operations and emergency services
- Perform lower grade duties for proficiency
- Provide on-the-job training to others
Job Qualifications
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
Job Location
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