Flight Instructor Rating Additional Practicum
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 11 hours - off site
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn HB3 HE Block 3 |
Hawthorn Winter | |
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Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
Hawthorn HT3 Term 3 | |
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Hawthorn HT4 Term 4 |
Hawthorn HOL Study Period 4 | |
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Corequisites
Aims and objectives
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face - Off Site Pre and Post-flight briefing Practical Flight Instruction in aircraft and classroom Role play of simulated flight and ground instructional sequences | 0.92 | 12 | 11 |
TOTAL | 11 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Practical Examination | Individual | 100% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Content
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.
- 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, text books and references.