Qantas careers - Cadet Recruitment Process

When applying for the Qantas Cadet Pilot Program, you will be required to complete the online application and upload all required documentation via Qantas Careers. Please check that you meet the minimum criteria and that you complete all mandatory fields to ensure your application will be submitted successfully.
Your application is then reviewed by Pilot Recruitment to ensure the minimum Cadet criteria are met. Meeting the minimum criteria does not guarantee that you will progress to the next stage of the selection process.

Once you have been successfully short listed, you will be required to undertake the online Pilot Capability Assessments which will measure:
- Your personality and abilities against a number of Qantas Pilot competencies;
- Your potential performance on the Cadet program and;
- Other competencies which will outline your motivations, commitment to succeed, leadership, communicative skills and your ability to cope with pressure and change.
If you have been short listed you will receive your invitation via email and a non-refundable fee of AUD$220 is payable online for this assessment. The Pilot Capability Assessment can be undertaken at any location convenient to you. For example, at your home or office as long as you have access to the internet, will be free from distraction and the environment is quiet.
If successful you will then be required to undertake a supervised validation assessment to validate your original results. It is therefore critical that you undertake this initial assessment as if it were a supervised examination. It is important that you read all the instructions carefully and take the test seriously. Pilot Recruitment and the Pilot Capability Assessment provider have strict audit procedures which can identify erroneous assessment inputs.

Candidates who are being considered for the Assessment Centre will be contacted to undertake a telephone interview by Pilot Recruitment. You will be asked a number of behavioural based questions and it is recommended that you research Qantas and the selected Cadet Pilot Program prior to, or directly after the completion of the Pilot Assessment.
The telephone interview requires 10 -15 minutes of your time and you will be contacted between 8am – 6pm by Pilot Recruitment.
The telephone interview, along with information gathered during the Pilot Assessment and your application, will be the determining factors as to whether you will be invited to the assessment centre.

Pilot Capability Assessment Validation, Skills Assessment, Panel Interview and OHA Assessment

Further short listed candidates will be required to participate in a number of assessments comprising of the Pilot Capability Assessment Validation, a Computer-Based Skills Assessment, a Panel Interview, and a Qantas Occupational Health Assessment (OHA).
Assessments will be carried out over a 48 hour period at the Pilot Recruitment Assessment Centre and the Qantas Jetbase. These assessments can occur in any order depending on the resourcing at the two locations.
A non-refundable fee of AUD$150 is payable for the OHA. There is no fee payable for the Computer-Based Skills Assessment, or the Pilot Assessment Validation.

Candidates within the Commercial Program recruitment process will be required to undertake a Cadet Flight Test. The flight test will be conducted along the requirements of a CASA Commercial Flight test, with additional Qantas competencies assessed.
If short listed for the Cadet Flight Test you will be provided additional information by email.

Candidates who remain in the selection process will receive email notification to submit documentation to enable an Australian AUSCHECK security clearance. A non-refundable fee of AUD$175 is payable by bank cheque for the AUSCHECK clearance.
At this time, reference checks will also be conducted by Pilot Recruitment.

After reviewing all of your application information and assessment results, a senior management panel will undertake final selection decisions for positions on the Qantas Cadet Pilot Program.
Verbal offers will be made by Pilot Recruitment which will be followed by formal offers from the Qantas Flight Operations Department.
You will also be asked to supply a dental x-ray (OPG) with your signed Cadet offer letter which will be retained on your records.

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