County of Los Angeles Fire Department Pilot

Pacoima, CA 91331

United States

Category

Pilots

Minimum Certification Required

ATP

Minimum Flight Hours Required

Not Applicable

Industry

All Other Helicopter Jobs

Manages Others

Experience Required

Yes

Degree Required

Security Clearance Required

Pay

From $120,888 To $162,914
Per Year

Employment Type

Employee

Work Schedule

Full-Time

Travel

No Travel

Job Description

Essential Job Functions

Operates twin-turbine-powered aircraft over mountainous or hilly terrain to give assistance to fire fighting activities below.
Transports personnel and equipment in fire areas during fire suppression activities.
Uses a variety of helicopter accessories in fire suppression work including aerial drops of fire retardants.
Drops hose in fire areas.
Patrols mountains to detect fires, lost or missing aircraft, missing persons, or for related purposes.
Reseeds burnt-over areas from the air.
Functions as a ground vehicle operator during required personnel manning changes at remote deployment sites.
Attends in and out-of-state Department training and meetings requiring operating a Department vehicle, privately owned or rented vehicle.
Operates Department refueling vehicle during normal operations.

Additional Job Functions:

Conducts pre-flight and post-flight inspections in accordance with manufacturer and/or organization approved checklists.
Conducts ground and in-flight tests.
Performs single-pilot operations.
Transports essential personnel and equipment.
Communicates with Air Traffic Control.
Communicates with supported ground units.
Operates a variety of helicopter mission equipment.
Completes appropriate FAA and Fire Department documentation.
Participates in briefings.
Participates in periodic and annual flight evaluations and ground crew training, mandated departmental continuing education, FAA medical recertification, and flight simulation training.

Job Requirements

REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY
Four thousand (4,000) logged hours of flying time in helicopters as Pilot in command, excluding flight time logged while instructing to include experience in power-off-auto rotational landings. Fifteen hundred (1,500) hours of this time must have been flown to/from unimproved landing areas at altitudes over 4,000 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL) while conducting map survey work, power line patrol, construction work, fire control work, rescue operations work, or similar assignments requiring take-off and landings at aircraft maximum loads on unimproved landing areas under adverse weather conditions.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
REQUIRED CERTIFICATE(S)*
A valid Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate with a Rotorcraft-Helicopter Rating issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)* -OR- A valid Commercial Pilot certificate with a Rotorcraft-Helicopter Rating issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)*.

A current and valid First Class (1) -OR- Second Class (2) Aviation Medical certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)*.

A valid Commercial Pilot certificate with Helicopter Instrument Rating issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the time of appointment.

*Applicants for this position are required to include a copy of all required certificate/license(s) at the time of filing.