Air Traffic Controller - Springdale Tower / Springdale, AR

CI² Aviation•Springdale, AR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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

Responsibilities

Making decisions involving the order of departures to ensure all aircraft equitable treatment and that departing Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights operate at the fixed altitude and time designated by center or approach control clearances.
Determining the times and direction of takeoff and any turn necessary after departure.
Deciding whether inbound aircraft should land immediately or circle, and whether distances should be lengthened to control the arrival of an aircraft at a given point.
Determining the active runway and possible simultaneous use of other runways.
Managing the time and methods by which arrivals and departures can be interspersed with the least delay to traffic.
Clearing landing and departing aircraft to use runways to ensure standard separation between aircraft on the runways.
Sequencing arriving traffic before it enters the traffic pattern to ensure a safe, orderly flow of aircraft on the final approach to the landing runway.
Ensuring 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.
Sequencing 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.
Authorizing Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flights through the Class D airspace.
Determining the usability of communications frequencies and other navigational aids used to control air traffic.
Monitoring navigational aids and control panels, including tower radar display to determine the acceptability of its alignment and display presentation.
Instructing pilots to change radio frequencies/transponder codes.
Coordinating with other controllers on the movement of both arrival and departure aircraft when appropriate.
Preplanning traffic sequencing and separation over an area, which may reach out to a radius of 5 miles or more, when traffic conditions warrant for controllers in non-approach terminals.
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.
Studying weather reports and forecasts, obtaining LAWRS/SAWRS weather certification, observing weather from the tower, and recording pilot reports to determine the effect of present and anticipated weather on traffic.
Furnishing aircraft with information such as field conditions, altimeter settings, weather conditions, operating status of navigational aids, and observed malfunctioning of aircraft.
Forwarding to the weather bureau, AFSS, and the appropriate center/approach control, pilot weather reports and reports based upon personal observation of weather conditions.
Operating light guns, runway lights, field lighting, jet barriers, etc.
Orienting pilots of aircraft lost or in difficulty.
Determining whether a given situation may develop into an emergency and notifying airlines operations offices, airport management offices, and airport rescue and firefighting services.
Performing lower grade level duties as necessary to meet operational requirements and proficiency maintenance.
Providing On-the-job (OJT) training to others.