Station Leader
Interested to work as a Station Leader?
Like to spend a year in the world’s last great wilderness? It takes an extraordinary person to want to be an Antarctic station leader.
As a station leader, you would carry the responsibility for the smooth running of the stations and the welfare of expeditioners.
You would need to be able to cope with sub-zero temperatures and have what it takes to cope with whatever circumstances may be thrown at you in the remote and often inhospitable Antarctic environment.
The ability to develop a community environment which enables the team to remain productive and harmonious is an essential part of the station leader job. If required, you would also need to be able to act quickly and decisively to resolve conflict and tensions that might develop.
Some of the regular activities you would coordinate and manage include:
- ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety and environmental management requirements
- the allocation of the station resources to ensure that all projects receive the required level of support to meet their objectives and be completed on time
- transport used in support of station or deep field based science, as well as construction and maintenance work. The transport includes:
- helicopters
- small fixed aircraft
- small boats
- tracked over-snow transport
- an array of other vehicles and plant and equipment
- catering for all your expeditioners
- safety and survival training
- people management including performance appraisal
Depending on program requirements, the station leader on Macquarie Island may combine two roles: station leader and a professional or trade position for which selected.
Still interested?
For more information see:
- Jobs Antarctica web pages for specific position description and application forms
- Diary of a Station Leader (2003)
- This Week in Antarctica stories:
