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19 The aviation industry, including aerospace, has a range of career opportunities that cover a vast spectrum of skills and knowledge requirements. A few of the larger career categories include flight, control, management, maintenance, design, and operations.
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20 Developing Innovative Strategies for Aviation Education and Participation Table 1. Examples of aviation career options, by employer.
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Careers in the Aviation Industry 21 To become a pilot, one must obtain a medical certificate, with different types or classes available. A first-class or second-class medical certificate is needed to hold a job as a pilot.
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22 Developing Innovative Strategies for Aviation Education and Participation • Search and rescue • Traffic reports for news channels • Police • Sightseeing • Firefighting GA careers specifically for helicopter pilots may include cranes or lifting types of operations such as logging, construction, and power lines and offshore oil rigs or transporting people and supplies. 3.1.4 Military Pilot The U.S.
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Careers in the Aviation Industry 23 aircraft in the national airspace system, and additional educational background or UAS specific training to be considered for employment. Other positions include a sensor operator, UAS maintenance staffer, radar operator, visual observers, and network and communications personnel.
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24 Developing Innovative Strategies for Aviation Education and Participation 3.3.1 Administrative Manager Administrative managers are responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating administrative support services at an aviation organization or airport. Specific duties can vary based on the type of organization and may include recordkeeping, distributing mail, and planning and maintaining facilities.
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Careers in the Aviation Industry 25 allocation of resources, development of production schedules, management of the supply chain, and setting prices. 3.3.7 Operations Supervisor Aviation operations supervisors directly coordinate and supervise activities of airport-related material, moving machines, and air transportation, as well as vehicle operators and helpers.
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26 Developing Innovative Strategies for Aviation Education and Participation Each aircraft owner or operator must properly maintain aircraft before flight, and properly certified professionals play a significant role in that maintenance. Advancing technology and increasing flight hours continue to grow demand for these services.
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Careers in the Aviation Industry 27 repair of avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in manned and UAS and in space vehicles. As glass cockpits and advanced avionics equipment continue to be integrated into aircraft, this specialization will remain in demand.
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28 Developing Innovative Strategies for Aviation Education and Participation not always required, an associate degree is generally preferred with working knowledge of computer-aided drafting and design software. Engineering technicians are needed anywhere engineers are needed.
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Careers in the Aviation Industry 29 • Snow removal, and • Issuance of Notices to Airmen, including airfield condition reporting during inclement or winter weather conditions. An employee in this category will typically be required to communicate with the air traffic control tower, airlines, FBOs, airport tenants, flight crews, the public, or the TSA.
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30 Developing Innovative Strategies for Aviation Education and Participation (such as passengers, mail, and cargo) and the lowest operating cost.
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Careers in the Aviation Industry 31 ACRP Research Report 186, which is the final product of a two-phase study, built on that preliminary analysis to identify optimal workforce planning and development strategies and best practices designed to help airports prepare their workforces for emerging industry changes. See http://www.trb.org/Aviation1/Blurbs/178144.aspx.
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