Flight Operations Assistant
Job description: Provide information for missions and flight planning
Pay after one year: £17,485
Joining age: 17 – 35
Category: Airmen/airwomen
Usual service: 9 years
Open to: men or women
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- Air traffic controller
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Qualifications you need: 2 GCSEs/SCEs at Grade G/6 minimum or equivalent in English language and maths
Qualifications you can gain: Apprenticeship in providing aviation operations on the ground; NVQ Levels 3 and 4 in controlling aircraft/airport operations
Nationality: UK citizen or holder of dual UK/other nationality
The job
Flight Operations Assistants help ensure the safe movement of aircraft at our airfields. You’ll be supporting flying operations in station or squadron ‘ops rooms’ and from control towers at RAF airfields. There you’ll use the latest technology to update aeronautical data, provide information for mission and flight planning and assist Air Traffic Controllers in their work. As a Flight Operations Assistant you could progress to a management position at a flying station in the UK or overseas, with the UK search and rescue organisation or at our air traffic control centres. It’s a job that calls for a cool head, a clear voice and the ability to work successfully under pressure as a crucial member of the team.
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