Overview

The aim of this unit is to consolidate in the student the development of the ability to apply suitable instructional techniques to ground and flight training situations. To analyse flight training student responses and determine corrective measures when necessary. To satisfactorily demonstrate air manoeuvres and to conduct pre-flight briefing and post-flight debriefing.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
HE Block 8
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
28-October-2024
08-December-2024
Last self-enrolment date
28-October-2024
Census date
08-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
22-November-2024
Results released date
17-December-2024
Study Period 4
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
25-November-2024
23-February-2025
Last self-enrolment date
08-December-2024
Census date
16-December-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
10-January-2025
Results released date
18-March-2025
Summer
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
06-January-2025
16-February-2025
Last self-enrolment date
06-January-2025
Census date
17-January-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
31-January-2025
Results released date
04-March-2025
HE Block 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-February-2025
16-March-2025
Last self-enrolment date
03-February-2025
Census date
14-February-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
28-February-2025
Results released date
29-April-2025
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Term 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
13-April-2025
Last self-enrolment date
03-March-2025
Census date
14-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
28-March-2025
Results released date
13-May-2025
Term 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
14-April-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
14-April-2025
Census date
02-May-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
09-May-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
HE Block 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
05-May-2025
15-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
05-May-2025
Census date
16-May-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
30-May-2025
Results released date
15-July-2025
Winter
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
23-June-2025
03-August-2025
Last self-enrolment date
23-June-2025
Census date
04-July-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
18-July-2025
Results released date
19-August-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025
Term 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
14-September-2025
Last self-enrolment date
04-August-2025
Census date
15-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
29-August-2025
Results released date
14-October-2025
Term 4
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
22-September-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
22-September-2025
Census date
10-October-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
17-October-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025
Study Period 4
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
01-December-2025
01-March-2026
Last self-enrolment date
14-December-2025
Census date
22-December-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
16-January-2026
Results released date
24-March-2026

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Be able to demonstrate sound understanding of the aeronautical knowledge subjects from the Day VFR Syllabus; including the ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of the theoretical aspects of the lesson topics and be able to provide accurate explanations
  • Be able to demonstrate instructional technique including the use of questioning, teaching aids, lesson planning, preparation, and management of the learning environment
  • Be able to demonstrate confidence and fluency of delivery – speech should be clear, deliberate and instruction should be relevant
  • Be able to deliver ground component debriefing
  • Be able to demonstrate flight manoeuvres displaying technique; the method by which a manoeuvre is performed. Judgement, applicable to all manoeuvres especially in respect of wind strength, use of power and flap, allowance for drift and landing technique, smoothness and accuracy; in the control of height, airspeed, direction and trim

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Other
0.92 12 weeks 11
TOTAL11

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Practical ExaminationIndividual 100% 1,2,3,4,5 

Content

Theoretical Training
A revision course in instructional principles and methods as required includes the following topics:

  • Learning theory, definition of learning, perception, types of perception and factors affecting perception
  • Transfer (positive and negative), motivation (positive and negative)
  • Factors which aid and hinder the learning process
  • Instructional techniques, effective communication, teaching methods, lecture, theory and skill lessons, guided discussion, briefing
  • Questioning techniques
  • Application of learning and teaching principles to airborne instruction
  • Aids to instruction, types of aids, how to use teaching aids
  • Behavioural objectives
  • Lesson planning, conducting a lesson period and pre-flight briefing
  • Practice in conducting instructional periods and pre-flight briefings

Air Training

The following unit of study outlines the flying sequences to be revised as necessary during training for a flight instructor (aeroplane) rating grade 3.

Syllabus outline

  • Effect of controls effects of airspeed, slipstream and power changes, effects of ancillary controls
  • Straight and level flight, normal cruise, balance, trimming, straight and level at different airspeeds
  • Climbing/descending normal climb, maximum rate, maximum angle climb, effects of flap, undercarriage, power, powered descents, gliding
  • Turning medium bank level turns, climbing and descending turns, spirals, steep turns, level and descending, maximum rate turns
  • Stalling stall symptoms, incipient recovery, fully developed recovery, effects of power, flap, undercarriage, stalling in turns; at higher speeds, incipient spin
  • Spinning, recovery from fully developed spin The spinning sequence is to be a dual sequence only and is included to ensure that flight instructor trainees are proficient at spin recovery techniques before teaching incipient spinning
  • Approach techniques and basic circuits, engine assisted approach, effect of power and flap, use of controls to maintain approach path, normal circuit, landing techniques, tricycle, 3 point and wheel, if appropriate, take-off technique including touch-and-go, go-round technique, sideslipping if appropriate to aircraft
  • Advanced circuits, flapless approach, glide approach, crosswind circuits and landings, short take-offs and landings, ALA operations
  • Emergency procedures forced landings with and without power, engine failure after take-off procedure, flight in poor visibility, flight at low level, precautionary search, fire drills, aircraft system malfunction
  • Pilot navigation preparation, map reading techniques, medium and low level navigation, techniques, air traffic control procedures within and outside controlled airspace, diversion procedure, lost procedure
  • Basic instrument flying spatial disorientation, instrument interpretation and selective, cross reference techniques, instrument errors, instrument flying techniques (full and limited panel), steep turns recovery from unusual attitudes (full and limited panel)
  • Night flying, take-off and circuit procedures

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.