Life Flight Dispatcher (EMT)

Tasks

• Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems.

• Issue landing and take-off authorizations or instructions.

• Transfer control of departing flights to traffic control centers and accept control of arriving flights.

• Provide flight path changes or directions to emergency landing fields for pilots traveling in bad weather or in emergency situations.

• Alert airport emergency services in cases of emergency or when aircraft are experiencing difficulties.

• Monitor or direct the movement of aircraft within an assigned air space or on the ground at airports to minimize delays and maximize safety.

• Direct pilots to runways when space is available or direct them to maintain a traffic pattern until there is space for them to land.

• Monitor aircraft within a specific airspace, using radar, computer equipment, or visual references.

• Direct ground traffic, including taxiing aircraft, maintenance or baggage vehicles, or airport workers.

• Contact pilots by radio to provide meteorological, navigational, or other information.

• Maintain radio or telephone contact with adjacent control towers, terminal control units, or other area control centers to coordinate aircraft movement.

• Determine the timing or procedures for flight vector changes.

• Initiate or coordinate searches for missing aircraft.

• Provide on-the-job training to new air traffic controllers.

• Check conditions and traffic at different altitudes in response to pilots' requests for altitude changes.

• Relay air traffic information, such as courses, altitudes, or expected arrival times, to control centers.

• Inspect, adjust, or control radio equipment or airport lights.

• Compile information about flights from flight plans, pilot reports, radar, or observations.

• Organize flight plans or traffic management plans to prepare for planes about to enter assigned airspace.

• Review records or reports for clarity and completeness and maintain records or reports, as required under federal law.

• Complete daily activity reports and keep records of messages from aircraft.

• Conduct pre-flight briefings on weather conditions, suggested routes, altitudes, indications of turbulence, or other flight safety information.

• Analyze factors such as weather reports, fuel requirements, or maps to determine air routes.

Skills

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.

• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

• Geography - Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

• Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

• Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.