South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA): Flight Inspection Traineeship 2024
Job Highlights
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is recruiting for a Flight Inspection Trainee.
Closing Date: 28 August 2024
SACAA is the civil aviation authority of South Africa, overseeing civil aviation and governing investigations of aviation accidents and incidents. It is headquartered in Midrand, near Johannesburg.
The SACAA has an exciting opportunity for a Flight Inspection Trainee in the Corporate Services Division.
The Incumbent will be trained to perform flight inspecting and calibrating air navigation systems to ICAO standards and recommended practices in order to ensure flight safety in the air aviation sector.
Purpose of the Job
- The Flight inspector trainee will be trained to perform flight inspecting and calibrating air navigation systems to ICAO standards and recommended practices in order to ensure flight safety in the air aviation sector.
Requirements
- National Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Light Current) or related NQF level 6 Qualification
Ideal Requirements
- B Tech in Electrical Engineering (Light Current)
Experience
- 3 years – Air Communication and Navigational Systems Engineer or Communication Navigation Surveillance
Key Duties
Train in-Flight inspection mission planning
- Preparation of flight inspection missions.
- Maintains the flight inspection data base for all air navigation systems.
Train and complete all programmes in Flight Inspection of air navigation systems
- Execution of flight inspection mission as planned.
- Collects flight inspection data for technical analysis and reporting purposes.
- Adjusts air navigation system parameters to ensure safe operations within the ICAO recommendations.
- Conducts surveillance of aeronautical services and associated instrument flight procedures.
- Co-ordinates with engineering, maintenance and/or operations personnel in the correction of malfunctions noted during the inspection and rechecking of the radio navigational aid in order to ensure that all unsafe conditions are eliminated.
- Makes recommendations for the certification / withdrawal of the operational status of a facility based on the result of the flight inspection to the Senior Flight Inspector
Train in Reporting
- Collates flight inspection data for reporting purposes.
- Compiles accurate flight inspection reports for air navigation systems.
- Archives mission data and reports into respective database. Prescribes the issuance of NOTAMs and Non-compliance reports as a result of flight inspection.
- Compile mission summary reports.
How to Apply
Please APPLY HERE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
Closing Date: 28 August 2024
All SACAA appointments are subject to S98 of the Civil Aviation Act, 13 of 2009 and all successful candidates will be subjected to security vetting.
Employment Equity candidates will be prioritised in line with Employment Equity Plan. If you have not heard from the SACAA 90 days after the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.
