South African Airways Cadet Pilot 2013


Advertiser: South African Airways (Pty) Ltd
Location: Gauteng

South African Airways (SAA) is providing an opportunity to aspiring pilots to participate in the SAA Cadet Pilot Development Programme, a bursary award programme aimed at assisting successful candidates with funding to obtain a Frozen Airline Transport Pilot's Licence.

On completion, successful cadets will be required to seek employment in the Aviation sector to gain further flying experience to facilitate employment within SAA among other employers in the aviation industry. Once sufficient flying experience has been obtained and should suitable vacancies arise in SAA, successful cadets will be eligible to apply for an appropriate position in line with SAA's recruitment and selection processes. Being part of the Cadet Pilot Development Programme does not guarantee employment at SAA.

All applicants who meet the minimum criteria outlined below are invited to submit applications for the bursaries.

Key requirements:
- Matric Certificate/ Grade 12 results/N3 or relevant tertiary qualifications (SAQA accredited)
- Compulsory subjects include: Mathematics or Statistics 101, Physical Science and English. Subjects are to be passed with D symbol on Higher Grade, C symbol on Standard Grade or Level 5
- Candidates with / without previous flying experience / valid pilot license will be considered
- Pass a security competency assessment
- Be a South African citizen
- Be willing to relocate for approximately 54 weeks
- Sign a training bond

Knowledge & Skills:
- Communication
- Judgement and decision making
- Problem solving ability
- Multi-tasking

Attributes:
- Must be medically fit
- Good hand-eye coordination
- Technically orientated
- Highly motivated
- Ability to work under pressure
- Confident and assertive

Documentation requirements
- Matric results transcript
- Aviation training records (where applicable)
- A summary of all the types of aircraft flown and the number of hours flown in each type (where applicable)
- Copies of the following: matric certificate, South African Identity Document / Passport, academic transcripts, last page of pilot logbook, pilot licence, passport photograph.

Closing date: 31 October 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.