| Job Title |
Air-traffic-control Specialist, Tower |
| Job Description |
Controls Air Traffic On And Within Vicinity Of Airport
According To Established Procedures And Policies To Prevent
Collisions And To Minimize Delays Arising From Traffic
Congestion: Answers Radio Calls From Arriving And Departing
Aircraft And Issues Landing And Take-off Instructions And
Information, Such As Runway To Use, Wind Velocity And Direction,
Visibility, Taxiing Instructions, And Pertinent Data On Other
Aircraft Operating In Vicinity. Transfers Control Of Departing
Flights To And Accepts Control Of Arriving Flights From Air
Traffic Control Center, Using Telephone Or Interphone. Alerts
Airport Emergency Crew And Other Designated Personnel By Radio
Or Telephone When Airplanes Are Having Flight Difficulties.
Pushes Buttons Or Pulls Switches To Control Airport Floodlights
And Boundary, Runway, And Hazard Lights. Scans Control Panel To
Ascertain That Lights Are Functioning. Operates Radio And
Monitors Radarscope To Control Aircraft Operating In Vicinity Of
Airport. Receives Cross-country Flight Plans And Transmits Them
To Air Traffic Control Center. Signals Aircraft Flying Under
Visual Flight Rules, Using Electric Signal Light Or Flags. May
Control Cross-runway Traffic By Radio Directions To Guards Or
Maintenance Vehicles. May Keep Written Record Of Messages
Received From Aircraft. May Control Traffic Within Designated
Sector Of Airspace Between Centers And Beyond Airport Control
Tower Area And Be Designated Air-traffic-control Specialist,
Center (government Ser.).
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