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Aerial Survey Pilot
Employer
Prairie Spud Farms Ltd.Date Posted
June 23, 2025Languages
English-
Location Vauxhall, AB
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Earnings $51.00 hourly
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Work Hours 30 to 44 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Jul 23, 2025
Employer
Prairie Spud Farms Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
Other trades certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Aerial surveys
- Crop dusting and spraying
Work setting
Rural area
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
- 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
- Maintain communications with flight dispatchers and weather forecasters and respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions
- Prepare flight evaluation reports
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Pesticide Applicator's Licence
- Ultra-light Gyroplane Licence
Flight instructor ratings
Gyroplane
Aircraft experience
Gyroplanes/ultra light
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fertilizer applicator
- Sprayer or duster
Transportation/travel information
Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Attention to detail
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Accurate
- Values and ethics
Experience
Experience an asset
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Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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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
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Interest in analyzing information to test new aircraft to evaluate performance
- DIRECTIVE
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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
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