A valid driver's license is required.
Ability to carry and operate firearms. Firearms are required as standard aircraft emergency survival gear primarily for bear encounters/safety.
Single-engine commercial pilot certificate, instrument pilot rating, single-engine sea rating. A total of 1,500 hours flying aircraft, including 500 hours as Pilot-in-Command (PIC) fixed-wing aircraft and 250 hours of tailwheel experience. Of this required flight time, 250 hours as PIC must be Alaska time (100 hours of which were logged within the 18 months prior to employment)...
Duties include safe transportation of departmental staff to and from field camps and low altitude flights ...