What are the responsibilities and job description for the Air Traffic Control Specialist position at Middle Georgia State University?
About Us
Middle Georgia State University (MGA), a multi-campus, baccalaureate and graduate degree granting public institution, is the most affordable public state university in Georgia. MGA has five campuses—Macon, Cochran, Dublin, Eastman, and Warner Robins, all located in central Georgia—and global outreach through its fully-online campus. Its enrollment of 8,000 students is largely comprised of students from most of Georgia’s 159 counties. The University has six academic schools, including Georgia’s flagship aviation university, that support its mission to educate and graduate inspired, lifelong learners whose scholarship and careers enhance the region through professional leadership, innovative partnerships and community engagement.
Job Summary
This position performs specialized duties in the control of air traffic on and within the vicinity of the campus airport.
Responsibilities
- Controls air traffic on and within vicinity of the airport according to established procedures and policies to prevent collisions and to minimize delays.
- Answers radio calls from arriving and departing aircraft and issues landing and take-off instructions and information.
- Transfers control of departing flights to, and accepts control of arriving flights from, air traffic control center.
- Alerts airport emergency crew and other designated personnel by radio or telephone when airplanes are having flight difficulties.
- Controls airport floodlights and boundary, runway, and hazard lights.
- Operates radio and monitors radars to control aircraft operating in vicinity of airport.
- Signals aircraft flying under visual flight rules, using electric signal light or flags.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- FAA Control Tower Operator Certificate
- Current FAA class II medical/ability to obtain FAA Class II Medical
- Extensive ATC Tower experience
- Additional experience in terminal, en-route, or flight service is a plus
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Knowledge of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) enroute RADAR procedures.
- Knowledge of air traffic control procedures and principles.
- Knowledge of air traffic control equipment operations.
- Knowledge of computers and job-related software.
- Skill to make timely decisions.
- Skill in decision making and problem solving.
- Skill in interpersonal relations and in dealing with the public.
- Skill in oral and written communication.
Background Check
Offer of employment is contingent upon a successful background check.
