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Career Details : Highway Patrol Pilots

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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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    • 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

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