Jobs in aviation safety?
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Jobs in aviation safety?
Hey guys,
Just out of general interest, what jobs involve being around aircraft directly quite often and also involve aviation safety (and no, don't mention an accident investigator because i'm not intelligent enough for the job!)
Kind Regards,
aviatordom
Just out of general interest, what jobs involve being around aircraft directly quite often and also involve aviation safety (and no, don't mention an accident investigator because i'm not intelligent enough for the job!)
Kind Regards,
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You could look at Airfield Operations/Safety Units...Involved in aviation and airfield safety. Always around aircraft.....See if your local airport has a unit and see if you can take a look. If they haven't LHR & LGW have large units still known as MASU I believe.
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Maybe you should look to getting qualified for a job at the CAA and work up from there. For now, get schoolwork to a top priority, and get good exam results. Can you consider Uni? You need a thorough educational grounding- an appropriate engineering degree would be a great asset. You can't really be much good in a safety/accident investigation role without a proper background. The point is don't waste any opportunities presented to you in life, even school. Grab hold of everything you are given and shine at it. A lot of work now will be like a surf wave driving a surfboard on in life. The work you do now will always benefit you.
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Airlines have Safety Depts, they need data crunchers to look at the ASR's filed by aircrew. Try looking to get work exp at your local airline and linger in their Safety Analysis Dept. Yes the CAA is a another avenue to explore as is the military who have a tri service safety unit.
Good luck, hope you do well.
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Good luck, hope you do well.
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The main part of aviation safety investigation nowadays very much hinges on statistical analysis. Statistics comes from maths- without a good grounding in mathematics, you are less than useless in producing and analysing safety statistics. What a shock! That teacher boring you to death with boring maths is actually parting the curtain for you to an amazing world- he is giving you a useful gift, not making your life hell! Engineering and systems work is also useful, but it all stems from engineering. As examples of where people get statistics majorly wrong (apart from entering the lottery, which is alternatively known as 'a tax for people who don't understand statistics'), people who get terrified of flying- wake up people! It's the car journey to the airport where you should be running beads through your hands. Another example is Las Vegas- even croupiers who work there never bet themselves- they know you won't 'beat the house'!). It all comes from maths- learn to love your maths teacher!
