Short Courses and Workshops
Lists of upcoming short courses and workshops with their locations and dates are given on
the Coming Events page.General Information
Courses are conducted on both weekdays and Saturdays from 9 AM to 5 PM,
including an hour for lunch and two coffee breaks. Workshops follow the
same format but usually meet during the week. The meeting times are
flexible and may be changed upon request. We recognize the special needs
of our international clients. All of our courses and workshops can be tailored to
international clients to reflect cultural norms.
The courses usually are taught either at the CQFA facilities in Montreal
or at the Sheraton Suites Hotel near O'Hare
International Airport. The CQFA facilities are located across the
street from Pierre Traudeau International Airport and approximately
100 yards from a hotel. The Sheraton Suites provides
transportation between the terminals at O'Hare and the hotel. Any of our courses or workshops may
be taught at a client's facilities or other suitable locations.
The enrollment fee includes all course materials and the coffee breaks. The
fee should be paid at the time of enrollment (before the class
begins) . The enrollment fee will be refunded for courses with fewer than
six participants; the minimum number of participants for workshops
varies. A participant may withdraw with no penalty from any
course or workshop up to 3 weeks before the start date. A 50% penalty for
late withdrawals will be assessed for participants withdrawing after
that point.
Enrollment closes 2 weeks before the start of a course or workshop
unless otherwise indicated.
A participant who enrolls for more than 1 course or workshop
will
receive a $50 discount on each subsequent enrollment. The cost of
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Pilot Selection Course
Damos Aviation Services, Inc. offers courses in setting up and using
pilot hiring and selection systems. These courses are designed for managers who supervise
the operation of the system and make hiring decisions. The standard
course requires 2 days and includes the following topics: how the system should
work, selection versus screening, steps in developing a hiring/selection system,
commonly used tests, designing the simulator check ride, conducting the
interview, identifying the best candidates, making the system cost efficient,
and purchasing tests. More technical information on optimizing the hiring/selection
system may be included in the course upon request or as time permits. We include
a module on bias and discrimination in courses with U.S. participants.
The fee for the standard course is $689 US per participant.
Half-day courses on pilot selection are frequently offered in conjunction with
trade shows and meetings. Please click on the "Upcoming Events" button on the
navigation bar on the left for information on dates and costs of these courses.
One-day and one-and-a half day courses are usually given on site at the request
of a client.
Contact us about this course
"I was very pleased to take Dr. Diane Damos' Pilot Selection Test in Vancouver after our Air Transport Association of Canada Annual Meeting. Pilot selection is a hot topic with our ATAC flight training schools. Diane's course took us through the basics, explained the concepts clearly and gave us a chance to interact and ask lots of questions. It was friendly and informal but thorough and instructive. Diane's course is the ideal vehicle for ab initio flight training schools looking to become more educated on pilot selection."
Joan Williams,
Chair of the Board
Ottawa Aviation Services and member of the ATAC Board of Directors
“Over the course of two busy days, Diane Damos lead us to understand the
structure of our pilot selection system in a worldwide context, and she offered high-quality, concrete advice on
how to move forward. I highly recommend her Pilot Selection Systems Course.”
Dorothy Turner, Moncton Flying College
Head of Chinese Candidate Assessment and Selection
"The
Pilot Selection Systems course ‘opened my eyes’ to more and better pilot
pre-screening and selection considerations. I’ve been recruiting pilots
for years but this course and the extensive knowledge and understanding of the
issues we face in the corporate world, that Ms. Damos shared, will shape the way
we select pilots in the future. Indeed, the principles in the course
content are applicable to pre-screening and selection of any candidate for any
job. It has been time well-spent and what I have learned will have a positive
impact on future recruitment for my company.
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Brenda
Rowe
Recruitment
Manager
Jazz
Airlines
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Testing Certification Course
This course is designed to certify individuals to administer and interpret all tests published by DAS. DAS has reciprocal agreements with other vendors,
including Aero Innovation Inc., offering tests that may be useful in pilot hiring/selection systems. Successful completion of this course also certifies the participant to administer these tests.
Testing Certification is an intensive 2-day course. Topics include test reliability, validity, proper interpretation of scores, test administration, and privacy protection. Participants will be required to read material before attending the course, complete exercises, and pass the written certification examination. The exercise and exams may be completed after the end of the course and submitted by mail, fax, or electronic media.
The fee for the standard course is $600 US per participant.
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Human Resources Law:
A Practitioner Course
DAS offers a 1.5-day course in employment law for U.S. human
resource specialists. This course begins with a review of all of the major
federal acts pertaining to employment law, including Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, and important cases dealing with employment. The second half
of the course is concerned with affirmative action and employment discrimination
including harassment. The course concludes with a section on performance
evaluation and the forms and legality of testing. Because this course deals only
with U.S. law, it is taught only in the United States.
The fee for this course is $450 US per participant. Because this course includes several computerized exercises, we suggest
that each participant bring his/her laptop. If a student does not have a laptop,
we will provide one. The class finishes at approximately noon on the second day
to allow the participants to catch afternoon flights.
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Workshop on Pilot Interviewing Techniques
Participants in this 2-day workshop learn to use the structured interview
method. This workshop begins with an overview of the structured interview
process and describes the roles of the interviewers. The main part of the
workshop focuses on understanding structured interview questions and using
behaviorally anchored rating scales. Participants practice interviewing
applicants and scoring responses through a series of mock interviews.
Participants also are taught to how to identify inconsistencies in resumes and
applications and provide feedback to applicants.
This course is appropriate for anyone with limited experience in interviewing or
who has never used the structured interview method. The cost of the course is $600 US
per participant.
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