Employment

Guardian Helicopters offers competitive salaries and contract rates to prospective employees. Both contract and permanent positions are available within the company. New employees will be hired on a contract basis for a three-month probationary period.

A large part of Guardians domestic work is in support of the oil and gas industry out of our base in Fort Nelson BC. Guardian Helicopters is actively involved in bidding on International contracts. This work may be made available to all employees.

Guardian Helicopters has an active "Safety Management System" in place. All employees will be required to take the company training and participate actively in the program. By 2008 all operators will be required to have "Safety Management Systems" in place. Our unique computer based course is close to 60 slides long and is presented by our Safety Officer.

 

Guardian Helicopters believes in standardized training for all employees. A large portion of Guardian Helicopters training is computer based. Educators have proven that training with media and graphics exceeds anything read or verbally delivered. Retention of material increases by up to 300 percent or more!

 

Under certain circumstances a pilot may be given an endorsement upon first hiring. However, typically after the employees first year of employment and at the Chief Pilots and Operation Managers discretion, they will be approved for a type endorsement depending on skill level.

 

Guardian Helicopters out-sources the training of mountain courses to highly respected and established helicopter flight training schools. Typically after the first year and only at the Chief Pilots and Operation Managers discretion will they be approved for the 25-hour Mountain course the following year.

 

"Human Factors" training will be conducted and reviewed on initial training and update training.