AIR NAVIGATION
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Candidates
for air navigation roles with NAV CANADA do not need aviation-related
experience to apply for a career. PHOTO: NAV CANADA
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The air navigation system controls civilian aircraft from departure to
arrival across Canadian air space. Air navigation in Canada is owned and
operated by NAV CANADA, a private, non-share Capital Corporation
established in 1996. Although the airport control tower is the most
visible part of an air navigation system, it represents only one piece
of the action. NAV CANADA also provides flight information, weather
briefings, aeronautical information services, airport advisory services
and electronic aids for navigation.
NAV CANADA guided approximately 12 million flights across Canadian air
space in 2010, including up to 1,500 flights a day across the western
half of the North Atlantic, alongside Britain’s NATS, which is
responsible for the eastern half. In contrast, Canada’s top 20 airports
handled 3.3 million aircraft.
NAV CANADA has a moderate but steady requirement for candidates over the
next decade and expects to look for approximately 150 to 200 recruits
to enter its air traffic control and flight service specialist-training
program each year.
Positions include area controllers to co-ordinate the orderly flow of
air traffic from seven Area Control Centres across the country, airport
controllers at 47 control towers at the country’s busiest airports, and
flight service specialists who work at
regional airports or Flight Information Centres.
Candidates do not need aviation-related experience to apply for a
career, but will be subject to an intense screening process that
includes online testing, an in-depth assessment session and interviews.
In addition to basic requirements, NAV CANADA looks for additional
qualities in potential candidates including sharp judgment, excellent
problem-solving abilities and information processing skills, strong
motivation, a good memory, and spatial-reasoning abilities.
NAV CANADA was recently presented with the International Air Transport
Association’s Eagle Award for best air navigation service provider for a
second consecutive year.
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