Shawbury QHCI

We’re building a talent pool for Qualified Helicopter Crewman Instructors based at Shawbury, ensuring we have qualified candidates ready when positions open up.

How it works:

• If you’re successful at interview, you’ll join our talent pool for up to 12 months.
• As roles become available, we’ll contact you based on your availability and our operational needs.
• You’ll be asked to confirm your interest before any offer is made.

A day in the life of an Ascent Qualified Helicopter Crewman Instructor 

As one of our team of RAF Shawbury Helicopter Crewman Instructors you will be part of an experienced, hardworking and dedicated team operating in a challenging support helicopter environment where no day is the same. Your diverse role will require a wide range of skills.

You will build relationships with our trainees and stakeholders across all areas of the business, customer and supplier organisations to ensure the efficient delivery of airborne and synthetic Rotary Wing Training as part of the UK Military Flying Training System. Your opinion will be valued as we develop our courses to meet the customer’s requirements.

If you are interested in joining our exceptional team, keep reading to find out more details on this exciting role.

You will:

• Teach all aspects of the Rotary Wing ab-initio Syllabus, by delivering phase briefs, technical lessons, practical demonstrations using state of the art synthetic equipment and airborne sorties.
• Assess trainees by ensuring that syllabus sorties are graded, sortie report forms and end of course documentation is completed.
• Assist in a process of continuous development to create new lessons while maintaining and improving those already established.
• Assist the Chief Rearcrew Instructor with any other tasks to support Ascent business continuity and resilience.
• Embrace Ascent’s One Team ethos and Total Safety culture.

What will make you successful?

You will already have experience in the Rotary Wing Rearcrew environment. You will thrive when working with our trainees, stakeholders and customers across all levels, coupled with your ability to truly understand our trainees. You will have a passion for delivering a world class military flying training system to achieve one mission, as one team. 

You will be excited by working in an environment where efficient solutions are the answer, being able to navigate both yourself and stakeholders to a positive solution. You will know the importance of being able to work successfully in situations that can often be pressured, where your initiative and flexibility will be recognised.

You will also:

• Hold medical fitness to conduct the role, either Civilian Class 1 or Military PME
• Have a minimum of 1000 hours Rotary Wing flying experience
• Have experience of flying in a support helicopter environment
• Be competent in the use of computer programmes such as Windows, Microsoft Office Suite and Explore

It would be great, however not essential, if you:

• Hold a recognised instructional category as a QHCI
• Have some experience of ab-initio training
• Have some experience of Rotary Wing synthetic training