Wind Tunnel Instructor

Description

SkyVenture Montreal employs 12 instructors.

Duties

The instructor must be able to endure hard physical work for relatively long periods of time. Working hours will often be irregular, including nights and weekends. Instructor candidates must be willing to train in spite of these difficulties and constraints. The instructor candidate must be open to ongoing training in customer service and safety and in flight instruction in general, which is constantly evolving.

Personality, Skills & Experience

• Focus on customer service
• Good listening skills
• Coaching skills
• Friendly, upbeat, compassionate, personable
• Enjoys being part of a team
• Safety-conscious and responsible
• Energetic
• Good physical strength (requires the ability to manipulate in the tunnel a person weighing up to 250 lbs – see dead-lift test below)
• Dedicated to the student
• Technically capable of operating the tunnel and its systems
• Available to work weekends and evenings all year-round
• Positive, 'can-do', take-charge attitude
• Fitness qualification: A tunnel instructor's job is a physically demanding one and all applicants must be in excellent physical shape, flexible, in good health and with no previous injuries that would affect performance or endurance in the tunnel. Applicants will be required to pass the following tests:
  • Dead lift test: ability to lift a 75-pound bag and place it on a 36''-high table.
  • Run in place (knees to waist) for 45 seconds.
  • 20 push-ups
  • 50 sit-ups
  • 6 pull-ups
  • 6 straight-legged toe touches

WE URGE YOU TO TRY THESE TESTS BEFORE APPLYING.

Skyventure Québec Inc.reserves the right to request a medical report showing no history of dislocated shoulders, partially healed bones or torn ligaments.

How to Apply

Simply complete the application form and email it to mario @ skyventuremontreal.com

or mail it to:

SkyVenture Québec Inc.
c/o Mario Prévost
2700, av du Cosmodôme
Laval (Québec) H7T 2X1