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Flying Instructor resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what flying instructors actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most flying instructors should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Flying instructor holding a CASA flight instructor rating, teaching ab initio students from trial flight through to commercial pilot licence standard. Works comfortably across the briefing room, the aircraft and the training record system, with an instructional style that builds judgement and airmanship rather than stick and rudder skills alone. Known for thorough pre-flight briefings, calm ground supervision of solo students and training records that hold up under audit.
Key skills
- Instructional technique and pre-flight briefing
- Competency-based assessment against CASA standards
- In-flight demonstration of stall recovery and emergency procedures
- Ground supervision of solo flights with radio contact
- Weather, airspace and fuel planning
- AvPlan EFB
- OzRunways
- Garmin G1000 avionics
- Flight Schedule Pro
- Flight simulator software
- Training records and aircraft documentation
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Time and deadline management
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Delivered pre-flight briefings and in-flight demonstrations across the full ab initio syllabus, taking students from trial flight to first solo and on to licence flight test.
- Assessed student performance against competency standards and recorded outcomes in the training management system, keeping files audit-ready for CASA reviews.
- Supervised solo circuits from the ground, holding radio contact and making the go or no-go call when weather or traffic changed mid-lesson.
- Reworked the emergency procedures lesson sequence so students reached standard with fewer repeat training flights before flight test.
- Maintained aircraft documentation and defect reporting so aircraft returned to service without delaying the flying program.
- Ran simulator sessions covering instrument approaches and engine failure scenarios, giving students handling practice without adding airframe hours.
Education
Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instructor) or a commercial pilot licence with a CASA Flight Instructor Rating; entry typically follows a CPL and a Class 1 aviation medical, with many instructors also holding an aviation or education degree.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- CASA
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority
- Flight Instructor Rating
- Grade 1 Instructor Rating
- Grade 2 Instructor Rating
- Part 61
- Commercial Pilot Licence
- CPL
- Private Pilot Licence
- Recreational Pilot Licence
- Class 1 Aviation Medical
- Aviation Security Identification Card
- ASIC
- competency based training
- ab initio training
- solo flight supervision
- flight test
- Airservices Australia
- RAAus
- AvPlan EFB
- OzRunways
- Garmin G1000
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.