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Career Details :: Highway Patrol Pilots
Description
Pilot aircraft to patrol highway and enforce traffic laws.
Experience
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Education
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
Tasks
- Pilots airplane to maintain order, respond to emergencies, to enforce traffic and criminal laws, and apprehend criminals.
- Informs ground personnel of traffic congestion or unsafe driving conditions to ensure traffic flow and reduce incidence of accidents.
- Investigates traffic accidents and other accidents to determine causes and to determine if crime was committed.
- Reviews facts to determine if criminal act or statute violation was involved.
- Arrests perpetrator of criminal act or submits citation or warning to violator of motor vehicle ordinance.
- Informs ground personnel where to reroute traffic in case of emergencies.
- Records facts, photographs and diagrams crime or accident scene, and interviews witnesses to gather information for possible use in legal action or safety programs.
- Renders aid to accident victims and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries.
- Testifies in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic and criminal cases.
- Expedites processing of prisoners, prepares and maintains records of prisoner bookings, and maintains record of prisoner status during booking and pretrial process.
- Prepares reports to document activities.
- Relays complaint and emergency request information to appropriate agency dispatcher.
- Evaluates complaint and emergency request information to determine response requirements.
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- Bus Drivers, School
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisors
- Police Patrol Officers
- Security Guards
- Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs
- Ship and Boat Captains
- Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Operating Vehicles or Equipment
- Performing for/Working With Public
- Communicating With Persons Outside Organization
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Establishing & Maintaining Relationships
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Responsible for Others' Health & Safety
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Importance of Being Aware of New Events
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Aeronautical Science/Professional Pilot |  [ add ] |
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