Airservices
Australia has proved pushing tin is no easy profession, with its
intensive training and no-room-for-error recruitment process.
The
aviation company is currently searching for trainee air traffic
controllers in Queensland and have set the bar high in skills needed to
take off in the fast-paced industry.
Airservices Acting executive
general manager Greg Atkins said successful applicants will be
responsible for managing flights carrying over 80 million passengers
each year and need to have what it takes to apply.
“Applicants
need to have good spatial awareness, a strong multi-tasking ability,
quick, accurate mental arithmetic skills and confident clear and concise
English communication skills,” he said.
Airservices
spokeswoman Amanda Palmer said the recruitment process involved several
stages, including online testing, a telephone interview and full day of
testing in an assessment center in Brisbane.
“The assessment is
looking at a range of activities to measure skills in areas such as
working with people, following and applying procedures, present and
communicating information, planning and organizing, adapting expertise and technology and adapting and responding to change,” she said.
Ms
Palmer said successful applicants will complete 12 months of intensive
training in Melbourne, before being posted for 6 months of additional
on-the-job training in one of the air traffic control facilities based
all over the country.
“The academy consists of both theoretical
classroom style training as well as stimulated based training, which
includes putting the skills that they learnt into practice,” she said.
“Positions available include tower controllers, terminal area controllers and en route controllers.”
Source: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au
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