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Aerial Survey Pilot

Employer

Prairie Spud Farms Ltd.

Date Posted

June 23, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Vauxhall, AB
  • Earnings $51.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jul 23, 2025
Job Requirements

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 & Abilities
The Aerial Survey 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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