AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS An Air Traffic Controller makes sure all the planes take off and land at the right time, while also making sure they don’t run into each other like this.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER A typical day for a Air Traffic controller, is waking up two hours before your shift which could be at anytime because you need people doing this 24 hours a day. It normally takes some string pulling to get a good shift. Once you get to the airport your working at you go to your post and start telling planes where to land and where to take off from.

TECHNOLOGY Technology is a huge part of air traffic control from guiding plans to talking to the pilots. As Technology improves air traffic control men can communicate with pilots making it less dangerous, and as radar improves we can see planes better and stop them from hitting things.

HEALTH AND SAFETY One of the biggest health and safety is stress. Having hundreds of planes with thousands of people in it, be partly in your control is very stressful. Also another one thou you are far away is attacks on the planes or the airports.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DESCRIPTION Most people in air traffic control are men but most people who try to become air traffic controllers are men. There are unions for air traffic controllers such as the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. There are no special regulations you just need to go to collogue.

EMPLOYERS Some Employers are,YVR Abbotsford International Airport, Boundary Bay Airport, Langley Regional Airport, Pitt Meadows Airport,

QUALITIES NEEDED When being hired as an air traffic controller the evaluate you on how you approach approach problems, handle pressure and adapt to changing situations; so you need to be good under pressure.

TRAINING AND EDUCATION To become an air traffic controller you need to have passed high school be 18 and go through 2-4 years of training. You must also Be a United States citizen Start at the FAA Academy no later than your 31st birthday Pass a medical examination Pass a security investigation Have three years of progressively responsible work experience, or a Bachelor's degree, or a combination of post- secondary education and work experience that totals three years. Pass the FAA air traffic pre-employment tests Speak English clearly enough to be understood over communications equipment There are places to get a degree in Canada that I can find.

REMUNERATION'S When you just start out you will be making around 60K but in a few years you will be making around K. Air Traffic control isn’t seasonal because people fly all year

PREPARATIONS There aren’t really any high school courses you need to take to get the job. Hobbies that might help are ones that put you under stress so you are kind of used to the stress. You really only need to pass high school but to do that you need volunteer hours.

PROSPECTS I cant find anything on job prospects except from one company hired 5000 people in There are no advanced opportunites.

CONCLUSION Some disadvantages are its very stressful and not many people are hired, the advantages are you work five days and them get four days off, and the pay is good. There are no self-employment opportunities. I believe have the skills and work habit to become an air traffic controller.

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