Job Overview
Employment Type
Hourly
Part-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Exact $40.37
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Retirement Plan
Paid Time Off
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Job Description
This role is offered by a reputable organization responsible for managing air traffic operations to ensure the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft within controlled airspace. The hiring establishment operates a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Air Traffic Control Tower, playing a critical part in maintaining the safety and efficiency of air transportation. The company places the highest priority on aviation safety and strives to provide seamless coordination between aircraft departing and arriving within the designated airspace, making sure compliance with FAA regulations and standards is never compromised. Their operations are centered around utilizing direct visual observation alongside radar and... Show More
Job Requirements
- Hold a Control Tower Operator Certificate (CTO)
- Have a current Class II Medical Certificate
- Subject to drug and/or alcohol testing per DOT/FAA requirements (pre-employment, random, reasonable cause/suspicion, post-accident)
- Have held a CTO with a facility rating or FAA Credential with tower rating for at least six months
- Ability to work under general supervision and perform duties independently
- Ability to make critical decisions related to aircraft movement and separation
- Maintain current certifications and meet health standards
Job Qualifications
- Hold a Control Tower Operator Certificate (CTO) with a facility rating
- Possess an FAA Credential with tower rating held for a minimum of six months in an Air Traffic Control Tower
- Understand FAA procedures and regulations related to air traffic control
- Proficient in communication and coordination with pilots and other controllers
- Ability to operate air traffic control equipment and navigational aids
- Skilled in preplanning and sequencing air traffic
- Strong decision-making and situational awareness skills
- Good physical health to meet medical certification requirements
Job Duties
- Make decisions involving the order of departures to assure equitable treatment of all aircraft
- Make decisions on times and direction of takeoff and turns necessary for departure
- Decide whether inbound aircraft are to land immediately or circle and manage distances for safe arrival sequencing
- Manage active runways and possible simultaneous use of other runways
- Determine methods to intersperse arrivals and departures with minimal delay
- Clear landing and departing aircraft to assure standard separation on runways
- Sequence arriving traffic before entering traffic patterns for safe final approach
- Apply IFR separation standards around the airport to provide initial separation between IFR arrivals and departures
- Sequence VFR and IFR traffic using radar equipment and separating IFR traffic when delegated
- Authorize VFR flights through the airport traffic area
- Determine the usability of communication frequencies and navigational aids
- Monitor navigational aids and control panels including BRITE displays
- Instruct pilots to change radio frequencies and radar beacon codes
- Coordinate with other controllers on arrival and departure movements
- Preplan traffic sequencing and separation over a radius of 5 miles or more
- Set up checkpoints to maintain necessary traffic separation
- Maintain a continuous mental picture and evaluation of traffic
- Maintain continuous radio watch with aircraft
- Handle IFR traffic responsibilities at the airport
- Study weather reports and forecasts, obtain weather certification, observe weather and record pilot reports
- Provide weather and field condition information to aircraft
- Operate light guns, runway lights, field lighting, jet barriers
- Orient pilots lost or in difficulty
- Communicate with airport operations, management, and emergency services
- Perform lower grade duties as necessary
- Provide on-the-job training (OJT) to others
Job Qualifications
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
Job Location
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