Flight Operations Instructor - UAS
On-siteChichester, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Plan and deliver classroom, simulator, and in-the-field training for remote pilots and flight crews across the full syllabus, including company-specific type conversions and operational training on our fleet. Design and conduct flight assessments, skills tests, and recurrent currency checks against CAA standards and internal competency frameworks. Build and maintain training syllabi, lesson plans, and assessment criteria while acting as the reference point for instructional standardisation and feeding findings into Safety and Quality Management Systems. Maintain accurate, auditable records of training and currency to meet statutory obligations. Operate as an integral member of a flight crew to keep instruction grounded in real-world operations.
Required Qualifications
- Holds, or can rapidly attain, CAA-recognised instructional and assessment qualifications
- demonstrable experience delivering GVC and A2 CofC instruction within a Recognised Assessment Entity (RAE)
- an equivalent assessor/examiner background
- Significant remote pilot experience
- a current GVC
- broad type experience
- Deep working knowledge of the UK UAS regulatory framework
- including CAP 722
- its sub-documents
- the Air Navigation Order
- the current UAS Implementing Regulation as retained in UK law
- Unrestricted right to work in the UK
- full UK manual driving licence
- Willing to travel throughout the UK and internationally
Desired Qualifications
- ideally including Specific category and BVLOS operations
- A recognised teaching or training qualification (e.g. Level 3 Award in Education and Training, or military/aviation instructional accreditation)
- A background in aviation, military UAS or another safety-critical instructional environment
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