AVM 350 - Aviation Career Planning and Professionalism

• Give an integrated view of the aviation job search process.
• Summarize the tasks necessary to secure employment in the aviation industry.
• Present the various career options available in the air transportation industry, including the role worker seniority plays.
• Summarize the job search process and demonstrate the practical needed experience using skills for a selected aviation career path.
• Students will demonstrate the role professionalism, motivation, and ethics play in an employment environment in the air transportation industry.
• Students will demonstrate working knowledge of the role worker union’s play with companies in the aviation industry.
• Develop specific job objectives and write an application letter for a specific aviation job.
• Prepare job search correspondence to include a resume, which highlights skills and individual strengths for a selected aviation career path.
• Practice interview skills for selected aviation career paths.
• Write a thank you letter for an interview.
• Identify aviation specific resources available to obtain career information in the aviation industry.
• Develop oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate the values and positive attitudes necessary for a successful career in the air transportation industry.
• Develop a sense of aviation professionalism, ethical standards from integrity, versatility, openness to change, curiosity, imagination, and creativity necessary to demonstrate to a potential employer the character traits of motivation, passion, and dedication.
• Students will demonstrate working knowledge of a variety of selected aviation career paths