Cabin Safety Inspector

Group & Level: TI-05 Cabin Safety Inspector – Operational (Regional) TI-06 Cabin Safety Inspector – Standards (TI = Technical Inspector)

Salary: Information about salaries and pay entitlements for this position is available on the Treasury Board Secretariat web site.

Benefits and Entitlements: Information about pensions and benefits is available on the Treasury Board Secretariat web site. For information on all other entitlements, view the Collective Agreement for the TI group online.

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Language requirements: Various

Useful information about the various language requirements and language testing can be obtained from the Public Service Commission of Canada.

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidates must fully demonstrate in their application that they meet all of the minimum qualifications.

Education:

• Successful completion of secondary school OR PSC approved alternatives, including an acceptable combination of education, training, and/or experience

Experience requirements for the TI-05 Cabin Safety Inspector:

• Minimum of 3 years experience as a qualified flight attendant for a Canadian operator, or as a supervisor of flight attendants
• Experience as an instructor of flight attendants in safety and emergency procedures

Experience requirements for the TI-06 Cabin Safety Inspector:

• Minimum of 3 years experience as a qualified flight attendant for a Canadian operator, or as a supervisor of flight attendants
  
  
• Experience as an instructor of flight attendants in safety and emergency procedures
  
  
• Experience in the development of training programs is required
  
  
• Experience in the development of safety and emergency procedures in the aviation environment is required
  
  
• Computer literacy is required

Other requirements of the job:

• Willingness to work overtime as required and adopt flexible work hours as per operational requirements
  
  
• Willingness to travel
  
  
• Possession of a valid driver's licence, or personal mobility to the extent normally associated with the possession of a valid driver's licence

Please note: Cabin Safety Inspectors are not required to maintain flight attendant qualifications, nor do they act as operating flight attendants or crew members.

Citizenship:

Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit. More useful information about Citizenship requirements can be obtained on the Public Service Commission web site.

Job Functions:

The purpose of cabin safety inspections is to isolate systematic faults, not individual crew member inadequacies, and as such, Cabin Safety Inspectors incorporate a systems approach in the way business is conducted.

Specific functions of the Cabin Safety Inspector - Operational (Regional)

The operational Cabin Safety Inspectors are charged with implementing the Cabin Safety program. They monitor and periodically audit safety and emergency procedures outlined in flight operations manuals, the air operator's minimum equipment lists, the safety and emergency equipment on board aircraft, the cabin crew manuals, cabin crew training programs, and cabin emergency evacuation trainers.

Oversight is achieved through a continuous inspection program consisting of:

• Aircraft inspections,
• Pre-flight (ramp) inspections,
• In-flight cabin inspections,
• Training inspections,
• Carry-on baggage inspections,
• Base inspections, and
• Audits.

Specific functions of the Cabin Safety Inspector – Standards

The role of the Cabin Safety Inspector - Standards is to develop and maintain regulations, standards, guidance, policy and inspection criteria on issues relating to safety and emergency equipment on board passenger-carrying aircraft, passenger safety-related operational procedures, cabin crew manuals, and cabin crew training. Functional direction is provided to the operational divisions and regions within the cabin safety specialty. The Cabin Safety Inspector - Standards deals with the aviation industry, such as associations and unions, on a national basis as opposed to individual operators.

Cabin Safety Standards develops and maintains regulations, standards, guidance, policy and inspection criteria on issues relating to:

• Safety and emergency equipment on board passenger carrying aircraft
• Passenger safety related operational procedures
• Cabin crew training, and
• Cabin crew manuals.

About the Organization:

Cabin Safety Inspectors at Transport Canada work within the Civil Aviation Directorate of the Safety and Security Group. The Cabin Safety Standards Division, located in Ottawa determines program content s , policy and standards, while the regions deliver the program. For more information on the directorate, you can visit the Civil Aviation section of the Department's Internet web site.

Transport Canada has long recognized the importance of Cabin Safety and its role as an essential component of aviation safety. Cabin Safety focuses on aircraft occupant safety, and the safety responsibilities and roles of aircraft cabin crew members. More specifically, it reduces fatalities and injuries resulting from an accident and provides for a safe environment for passengers and crew members in and around the aircraft, prior to and during boarding and deplaning phases, while the aircraft is on the airport apron with people on board, and during the operation of the aircraft.

Transport Canada employed its first inspector dedicated solely to the cabin safety specialty in the mid sixties. It now staffs a highly qualified team of Cabin Safety Inspectors operating across Canada and internationally.

Today, with more than 10,000 flight attendants employed by Canadian operators, a team of over 20 Cabin Safety Inspectors situated across Canada oversees and serves well over 1,200 domestic commercial and private operators to verify that operations are conducted safely and in accordance with the Aeronautics Act and the Canadian Aviation Regulations.

For more information on the role of Cabin Safety, you can consult the Cabin Safety section of Transport Canada's Internet web site.