Scholarship

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Assist in organising flight plans for aircrafts entering the assigned airspace
• Monitor aircraft movements on the ground and on the air, using surveillance systems (radar), computers, or visual references.
• Provide information used for the control of all ground traffic at airports, including baggage vehicles and airport workers.
• Manage communications by transferring control of departing flights to the traffic control centre and accepting control of arriving flights.
• Provide information to all relevant stakeholders, such as weather updates, runway closures, and other critical information.
• Coordinate the aircraft movements within an assigned air space and on the ground at airports to minimise delays and maximise safety.
• Maintain radio and telephone contact with adjacent control towers, terminal control units, and other area control centres in order to coordinate aircraft movements.
• Monitor aircrafts within a specific airspace, using surveillance systems (radar), computer equipment, and visual references.
• Alert airport emergency services in case of emergencies and when aircrafts are experiencing difficulties.
• Initiate and coordinate searches for missing aircrafts.
• Complete daily activity reports, and keep records of messages from aircrafts.