HEPAC
Helicopter Engineers and Pilots Association, Canada
1044 County Rd. 44
Oxford Station, ON K0G 1T0
HEPAC will:
- Form a knowledgeable leadership team to meet our members' needs
- Organize members into a unified voice of professionalism and integrity
- Identify key industry and member needs
- Develop positive, timely and equitable industry and member solutions
- Recognize and accept differing membership perspectives and needs
- Encourage open and ongoing industry communication
- Develop membership benefits and resources
- Initiate and support a think-tank organization for the exchange of innovative industry ideas
- Implement and support various advocacy and mentorship programs for members
- Promote safety and fairness in the workplace
- Advance work-quality ethics and accountability
- Help develop minimal operational standards that are exceeded in practice
Is HEPAC a union?
In one word: No. HEPAC is not a union. Helicopter Engineers & Pilots Association, Canada is a non-profit organization whose volunteer membership consists of like-minded helicopter industry professionals who share our mission and strategic objectives. HEPAC is an organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common: the pursuit of the betterment of individual careers, the Canadian helicopter industry as a whole and the successful synergy and prosperity of our industry’s future. As such, HEPAC is a membership association that represents the collective, proactive voice of engineers, pilots, support personnel and operators in Canada—all looking for constructive change and positive solutions to help make our industry the best it can be—now and for the future.
What makes HEPAC unique?
The fact that HEPAC is an association by Canadian helicopter-industry workers for Canadian helicopter-industry workers makes us unique. HEPAC’s incomparable dedication to you—the unique professional industry workers at the forefront of daily operations, all with individual and universal needs, goals and vision—makes this association unique. Helicopter Engineers & Pilots Association, Canada’s distinctive Advocacy Program provides proactive, unprecedented support of your innovative ideas, worthy causes and individual circumstances. Our one-of-a-kind Mentorship Program provides unparalleled personal and professional coaching for enhanced career enrichment to both novice and experienced industry professionals at any career level. HEPAC’s Think-Tank Forum presents a unique exchange platform where your needs, goals and vision can be heard, discussed, constructively debated, and proactively acted upon for positive industry change with the guidance, support and knowledge of HEPAC’s collective membership. Time and growth, along with strong member services and industry support, will allow Helicopter Engineers & Pilots Association, Canada to continue to reveal it’s uniqueness in an effective, progressive and cooperative light.
What can HEPAC do for me?
As an active and participating member of HEPAC, you can expect to benefit either directly or indirectly from HEPAC’s member services. In addition to that, you can expect to broaden your knowledge and perception of the industry, get to know and network more with the diverse personalities that make our industry so great, become a means or mechanism by which proactive input and productive solutions are generated and applied, help and learn from others while helping and learning yourself, make productive and lasting industry friendships and enjoy the rewarding experience of becoming a true partner in the daily operations of the industry. The seen and unseen benefits of HEPAC membership are there for the taking if you so choose to become a member of the Helicopter Engineers & Pilots Association, Canada.
Why should I join HEPAC?
HEPAC is made up of hard-working and dedicated helicopter industry professionals just like you, with a vested interest in preserving and protecting the reputation and integrity of our industry. As a worker at the forefront of daily operations, you know first-hand the key issues and needs that impacts your daily life—both the positive and the negative. Who better, or more qualified than you, to join HEPAC’s membership to become part of the knowledgeable, collective voice of the Canadian helicopter industry? Because of your industry skills, expertise, dedication and enthusiasm, you now have the unprecedented opportunity to be a driving force in the continual shaping of our ever-changing industry. Perhaps the better question is this: Why should I not join HEPAC?
Is HEPAC for everyone?
To answer this question, we would invite and encourage you to reread HEPAC’s mission and objectives and apply these concepts to where you are at in your career and where you want to go in your career. Also apply these concepts to the direction you’d like to see the industry go while you’re still a part of it, and for the benefit of future engineers, pilots and support personnel who will accept the mission of carrying on our rich legacy. We believe that anyone who is involved on a day-to-day basis with the Canadian helicopter industry can benefit—on a number of levels—by becoming an active, participating HEPAC member.
How can I help HEPAC meet its strategic goals?
HEPAC can and will succeed in fulfilling its mission and meeting its objectives through the involvement and support of dedicated industry workers just like you. You have a passion for helicopter aviation. You are, or are seeking to become, a helicopter-industry professional. You have questions and concerns. You have an opinion. You have insight and perspective. You have career goals. You have vision. Acknowledging those qualities in yourself—and sharing them collectively with fellow HEPAC members by becoming an active and participating member yourself—will go a long way in helping Helicopter Engineers & Pilots Association, Canada meet its mission and goals. There are many opportunities for you to help, but you have to become a member first! Together, we can and will make a difference.
