Seventeen good jobs in Adelaide
Australian Helicopters has just released a media statement as follows:
Media Release
May 2005
Australian Helicopters has begun a recruitment drive, as it gears up to begin operating the Adelaide Bank Rescue Helicopter Service in December. Already the largest Australian owned helicopter operator in the country, the company is now seeking to fill 17 new positions based in Adelaide.
Australian Helicopters General Manager David Anderson said the move signalled a new phase in the company’s growth. “By the end of this year, Australian Helicopters will have more than 100 staff at nine bases around the country,” Mr Anderson said.
“We will also be increasing our fleet of helicopters to 26 to manage the increasing workload.” Under its contract with the South Australian Government, Australian Helicopters will provide three helicopters year-round to help with emergency medical evacuations, rescues, police patrols and fire fighting.
In the coming bushfire season, the company will provide a fourth aircraft with the capacity to water bomb 1,000 litres of water. The 7-year deal is worth an estimated $52 million dollars.
To carry out the work the company is now advertising for seven pilots, seven crew and three engineers. The pilots must have experience in multi-engine, single pilot instrument flight rules and night flying.
Australian Helicopters is also building life-sized mock-ups of the interiors of the three helicopters to be permanently based in Adelaide, to allow the medical and rescue officers, police and fire fighters who will use the aircraft to contribute ideas on the most effective layout.
Mr Anderson said this was an innovative requirement of the company’s contract with the South Australian government. “I don’t know that any other civil helicopter contract has required this degree of input into the technical design phase,” Mr Anderson said.
“But Australian Helicopters is happy to comply because we know from experience that every second counts in an emergency response situation and we want to make sure that the interior layout of our aircraft contributes to the goal of saving time and saving lives.”
Australian Helicopters is also planning to start work next month on building a new $1.6 million headquarters for its Adelaide operation. The headquarters will include a hangar for four aircraft, refuelling facilities, an on-site office and accommodation for duty crews.
It will be located at the newly developed Adelaide airport helicopter precinct, where Australian Helicopters will be the first company to take up occupancy.
The helicopters to be permanently based there include a Bell 412, a BK117 and an EC130. The fourth helicopter to be used during the bushfire season will be an AS350 B3 Firebomber.
For further information or to arrange interviews, please contact Melanie Christiansen, at Sequel Communications, on +61 7 3251 8133 or +61 438.500 412.
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PS: Hey, mustering guru - we are a lucky country. Australian Helicopters is wholly Australian owned.
See if you can bag this one?