Also called: Flight Communications Specialist, Medical Flight Dispatcher
Dispatches and tracks medical helicopters and planes during emergency flights.
Takes the call for a rural car crash, checks weather and the closest available helicopter, launches the crew, and tracks the aircraft on a map until it lands at the trauma center.
Estimate based on BLS dispatchers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. High school diploma plus dispatcher training; CFCS certification.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Emergency Management.
Growing about average. Small, steady niche.
Medium risk for 10 years. Flight-tracking and weather software automate much monitoring; coordinating crews under pressure stays human.
Classes: Geography, Speech & debate, Keyboarding, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-5031.
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