Instructor skills

[nick14]

Hello all,

posted in instructor forum to little response so il try here:

I am putting together my CV to send off to a school for the possibility of an instructor scholarship or a guaranteed job at least at the end of the training.

I am basing my CV on skills and was wondering what current instructors believed to be the important qualities/skills required.

My view:
enthusiasm
patience
knowlage of the subject
ability to teach the subject to all
calm approach
safety mindedness
good flying ability


Any thoughts?

Nick

[shed loads]

A sense of humour!

[Mister Geezer]

Good tea and coffee making skills for those windy and rainy days when there is no flying!

Seriously - Good people skills are a must - you can be a whizz and have all the above but if you can't deal with the general public then there is not much hope!

[theWings]

Nick,

I'd suggest some time management skills would be well handy. There rarely seems to be enough time to do all you want so being able to use what you've got efficiently helps both you and your student get the most from each slot. And if you're going to squeeze in 20min for lunch on a CAVOK day...

[Aircart]

Interestingly, you don't need to be that good a pilot to be an instructor although if you are it can only help your students!
By the time you have rattled up a few hundred hrs it will become straight forward.
:cool:

[mad_jock]

If you can't fly instruct.

If you can't instruct examine.

I would go with the sense of humour more than all the management stuff.

they are looking for a grunt on the coal face not someone to run the office, do the accounts etc.

I would put some humour in it.

eg Type ratings:

Mark 1 Broom.
Mark 2 Hoover
Mark 3 Paint brush
Mark 4 window sponge.

As a we hint, i am a bit challanged in the old spelling and grammar deptment myself. Word spell check and grammar check dosn't do the job with CV's as everything is in the wrong tense (or should be). Run it by someone who isn't a deslexic engineer ;)

MJ

[Hew Jaz]

A sense of humour!

Nooo! A warped sense of humour...;)

[shed loads]

You know me then H.J.???