Air Traffic Controller - McCollum Tower - Kennesaw GA Job Kennesaw area,Georgia USA,Transportation

SUMMARY

Responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic control duties in a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Airport Traffic Control Tower.

DIMENSIONS OF POSITION

Works under the general supervision of the tower manager who relies on the incumbent to perform established duties independently. On new or revised procedures, the manager gives detailed instructions and observes and checks work, during or immediately after completion, according to the complexity of the task until satisfied the incumbent can perform it independently.

REQUIREMENTS

Must have a minimum of (2) years of experience as an Air Traffic Controller.
Individuals must have a current or previous Control Tower Operator Certificate (CTO) Certificate and a current Class II Medical Certificate.
Individuals must have held a Control Tower Operator Certificate (CTO) with a facility rating for a minimum of two years in an Air Traffic Control Tower.
The position is subject to drug and/or alcohol testing per the DOT/FAA requirements (pre-employment, random, reasonable cause/suspicion, post-accident).

ACCOUNTABILITY

Making decisions involving:

The order of departures will ensure all aircraft equitable treatment and will ensure that departing Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights operate at the fixed altitude, and the time designated by the center or approach control clearances.

The times and direction of takeoff and any turn necessary after departure.

Whether inbound aircraft is to land immediately or circle and whether distances are lengthened to control the arrival of an aircraft at a given point.

The active runway and possible simultaneous use of other runways.

The time and methods by which arrivals and departures can be interspersed with the least delay to traffic.

When landing and departing, aircraft are cleared to use the runways to ensure standard separation between aircraft on the runways.

The sequence of arriving traffic, before it enters the traffic pattern, to ensure a safe, orderly flow of aircraft on the final approach to the landing runway.

Endure that Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) separation standards are applied, as delegated by approach control or the center, in limited areas around the airport to provide initial separation between IFR arrivals and IFR departures and between successive IFR departures.

The sequence of Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) traffic, and when delegated, using radar equipment to provide initial separation for arrival verse arrival and arrival verse departure IFR traffic.

When Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flights through the Class D airspace can be authorized.

Determines the usability of communications frequencies and other navigational aids used to control air traffic. Monitors navigational aids and control panels, including tower radar display, to determine the acceptability of its alignment and display presentation. Instructs pilots to change radio frequencies/transponder codes.

When appropriate, coordinate with other controllers on the movement of both arrival and departure aircraft.

When traffic conditions warrant, controllers in non-approach terminals are responsible for:

Preplanning traffic sequencing and separation over an area, which may reach out to a radius of 5 miles or more.
Preplanning and setting up checkpoints required to ensure the maintenance of necessary traffic separation.
Maintaining a continuous mental picture and evaluation of constantly changing traffic, frequency dispersed throughout his/her area of jurisdictional responsibility.
Maintaining continuous radio watch with aircraft that have previously contacted the facility.

MANAGING Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) TRAFFIC FOR AIRPORT

Studies weather reports and forecasts, obtain LAWRS/SAWRS weather…