Specialist - Aircrew Licensing

Certification/Approval, Audit and Continued Oversight

• Ensure  all relevant certificates/approvals and/or recommend/ oversee for certification/approval are issued as per the Technical Authority Manual after assessment of individuals, including written and oral examinations as applicable (e.g. licence issuance, Foreign Pilot Licence, flight dispatcher) and/or products and/or clients (e.g. Training Organisations, Clubs, Parachute Approved Organizations, English Language Examination Centres, Pilot Designated Examaination Centres, Designated Examiners (Ground and Flight Crew) facilities, structure, manuals, personnel and training programs to maintain high standards.
• Prepare the annual oversight program for the all Aircrew Approved Organizations  and Conduct   audits and inspections, gather and analyse the findings, and ensure full closure of the findings within an appreciate time frame.
• Issue relevant certificates/approvals and/or recommend/oversee for certification/approval after assessment of synthetic training devices, manuals and personnel related to these devices, in order to ensure compliance with GCAA regulations.
• Ensure timely and up to date data in Q-Pulse (auditing system) to ensure compliance with GCAA’s roles and functions. 
• Ensure that investigations are carried out to determine the cause of incidents and prevent future occurrences and direct coordination with other disciplines (if necessary).
• To ensure that airmen skill tests are conducted and carried out to the approved standards. 

Internal Surveillance Program & External Audit

• Implement corrective actions raised against the Department during internal surveillance program to ascertain alignment of Safety Affairs standards in line with international standards and continuous improvement.
• Support the administration of all auditing activities by external entities of Safety Affairs including ICAO, and IMS to ensure smooth and productive audit.

Document Management

• Maintain a comprehensive record of relevant certification, reports, recommendations and general documents to ensure an accurate record and evidence base.

Safety Policy / Safety Promotion and Culture

• Assist in providing input into the identification of Acceptable Levels of Safety Performance (ALOSP) to ensure appropriate and achievable targets are set.
• Improve and implement safety promotion activities to disseminate and nurture a safety awareness culture in the UAE civil aviation industry and to keep industry players abreast of changes to relevant rules, regulations and other aviation safety developments.
• Provide advice and guidance to the Sector, sharing best practice, trends and the findings of reviews, studies and investigations to prevent future occurrences/incidents/accidents.
• Assist the Manager – Air Crew Licensing in the process of developing safety standards covering the areas of ATO, PAO, FDTO, ELPTO, DEC and LSA functions to ensure that all safety standards, processes and procedures adhere to national regulations and international standards and recommended practices

Policies, Systems, Processes and Procedures

• Assist the management in maintaining on-going liaison with foreign and international aviation regulatory bodies on new requirements and changes to existing safety regulations to foster the safe and orderly growth of UAE civil aviation.
• Implement Safety Affairs policies, systems, processes, and procedures so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering high quality safety services to the UAE civil aviation industry in accordance with customer service standards.

Reporting

• Ensure that all functional reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet GCAA requirements and quality standards.

Health, Safety and Environment within GCAA 

• Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety, quality and environmental management procedures and controls to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality products/services and a responsible environmental attitude as per IMS available standards

Other Tasks/ Accountability 

• Perform additional tasks relevant to the role / area of expertise as requested by the management to be able to achieve the objectives/commitments.