Jobs at Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To ensure that all processes and procedures are followed and that audit results are compliant with the requirements of the Civil Aviation Regulations, ICAO Standards and Recommended practices and internal policies controls, by examining records, reports, operating practices, and documentation prior to the issuance of any certificate, licence and/or approval. To interrogate and investigate all safety related reports and make recommendations in regard to the necessary corrective action and/or regulatory amendments as may be required. A risk-based approach is to be utilised when performing all evaluations in determining the operational level of safety.

Strengthened Safety and Security Oversight system

• Categorise, allocate, validate and review all submitted safety occurrence reports utilising the Centralised Occurrence reporting system (CORs).
• Investigate the identified and allocated safety occurrences and verify compliance to Part 140 of the regulations.
• Monitor and provide feedback on trends identified from the Centralized Occurrence reporting system data and liaise with the SSP Office for safety promotion and awareness.
• Ensure timeous quality control review of files submitted to CSD by the divisions as per CSD SLA.
• Support the implementation of Risk Based performance. 
• Recommend or suggest improvements to the SACAA technical departments to develop and maintain their regulations, guidance material, procedures and relevant forms.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the National State Safety Programme and the National Aviation Safety Plan on an ongoing basis and implementation of approved national objectives and safety enhancement initiatives.
• Perform additional task as assigned by manager.
• Planning
• Timeously manage daily, weekly, monthly allocated tasks.
• Manage own career development plans.
• Financial Sustainability
• Provide input to the development of annual budgets, control of expenditure and implementation of control procedures by providing annual plans.
• Operational Management
• Maintain all QA standards in compliance with the QMS ISO 9000.
• Implement High-level tasks as assigned by the manager.
• Liaison and Policy
• Represent the Authority in engagements and liaise with stakeholders and industry bodies.
• Represent the Authority at International Civil Aviation Organisation platforms.
• Improved Stakeholder Management and Service Excellence
• Technical engagement at the national level.
• To project a satisfactory image of the SACAA to all stakeholders.
• To engage with and provide feedback to industry on technical and regulatory amendments regarding Safety management.
• To provide support to the divisions and the industry to implement the Safety management systems.
• Participate and coordinate as required in the regional cooperation plan.
• Enhance Human Capital
• Adhere to formal and informal training requirements.
• Manage own performance areas to ensure the achievement of agreed objectives.
• Sustain Good Corporate Governance
• Closure of internal and external audit findings.
• Implementation of recommendations emanating from audit findings
• Concise and accurate reporting on strategic and operational deliverables.

Requirements
Minimum Requirement

• Grade 12 (Matric) and Hold or have held Commercial Pilot Licence

Ideal Qualification

• Hold or has held Airline Transport Pilot Licence
• Safety Management Systems Diploma
• Qualification in Safety Management Systems, Quality Control or Aircraft Incident and Accident Investigation

Experience

• 500 hours as a pilot or pilot-in-command of civil or military air transport aircraft

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Description
OVERALL, PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To train in the oversight of instrument flight procedures and aeronautical cartography as per ICAO SARPS.
• To train in the validation and approval (where necessary design) of instrument flight procedures and aeronautical charts.
• To train in the oversight of instrument flight procedure design and aeronautical cartography organisations as per ICAO SARPS.

Oversight – Instrument Flight Procedures and Aeronautical Cartography organisations

• Participate in the inspection, auditing and certification of procedure design organisations and aeronautical chart service providers.
• Participate in monitoring the compliance of certified procedure design organisation and aeronautical chart service providers as per ICAO SARPS, SA-CARs and CATS.
• Participate in external compliance obligations that the SACAA is subjected to
• Validation – Instrument Flight Procedures and Aeronautical Cartography
• Be trained in validating and approving instrument flight procedures and aeronautical charts submitted by certified Procedure Design organisations and aeronautical chart service providers as per ICAO SARPS, SA-CARs and CATS.
• Be trained in validating and maintaining information for publication in AIP SUPs, AICs and the AIP.
• Be trained in verifying, validating, approving and certifying aeronautical information printed on the South African WAC charts.
• Design Instrument Flight Procedures
• Be trained in designing Instrument Flight Procedures aeronautical charts as per ICAO SARPS, SA-CARs and CATS.
• Regulation Development and Review
• Participate in the development and review of local regulations and technical standards in line with ICAO SARPS.
• Participate in providing input and recommendations to the SACAA, CARCOM, NASCOM and external clients.
• Participate in the development and review the technical guidance material utilised to guide procedure design organisations and aeronautical chart service providers.
• Research
• Conduct research and benchmark the standards utilised to certify procedure design organisations and aeronautical chart service providers
• Conduct research and provide input into the development of specific proposals for standards to be applied in the design of flight procedures, aeronautical charts and airspace planning.
• Liaison and Consultation
• Participate in all safety initiatives in the PANS-OPS section.
• Be trained in liaising with certified procedure design organisations and aeronautical chart service providers, on behalf of SACAA
• Be an observer in activities of relevant ICAO regional structure and local workgroups (e.g. meetings, symposiums, etc.) on behalf of SACAA

Requirements
EDUCATION (FORMAL QUALIFICATION REQUIRED)

MINIMUM

• Grade 12
• A pilot qualification with an IF rating and/or an ATC/ATSO qualification

IDEAL

• Completion of a PANS-OPS Basic course, Safety Management System course, State Safety Programme course

EXPERIENCE

• 5 Years - Qualified Pilot with an IF rating and/ or Qualified ATC/ ATSO