Flight Instructor Rating Practicum
Duration
- 1 Semester
Contact hours
- 183 Hours
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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Prerequisites
AVF80013Corequisites
Aims and objectives
To develop the ability to apply suitable instructional techniques to ground and flight training situations.
To demonstrate a consistent high level of aircraft handling.
To plan flight training, conduct the pre-flight briefing and conduct airborne training while managing threats and errors, and conduct post-flight briefing and review training.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
4. To analyse and assess flight training student responses, review and apply corrective measures where necessary.
5. The ability to perform and learn complex skills including cognitive and developmental issues and observational learning.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the cognitive basis of airmanship through situational awareness, captaincy, prioritisation, load shedding and decision making.
7. To identify and utilise knowledge of rates and stages of learning, enforced automaticity, and foundations of expertise in a flight instructional environment.
8. To develop and use effective course training curricula/syllabus and lesson plans and apply appropriate assessment standards and techniques
9. To demonstrate instructor professionalism, including interpersonal skills, implications of being a role model, self-reflection and self-managed professional development.
10. To demonstrate knowledge of the principles and methods of flight instruction and demonstrate the application of applying different learning styles and instructional methods to ensure learning outcomes
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Practical Flight Instruction in aircraft and classroom
Role-play of simulated flight and ground instructional sequences
Assessment
in the training syllabus the rating is granted on successful completion of the flight test.
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Flight Test | Individual | 100% | 1-10 inclusive |
General skills outcomes
- Analysis skills
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
Content
Study resources
- Reading materials and text books.
Reading materials
Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Civil Aviation Orders
Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Civil Aviation Regulations
Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Civil Aviation Safety Regulations
Airservices Australia , En Route Supplement Australia
Airservices Australia, Departure and Approach Procedures
Air Services, WAC, PCA, VTC, VNC, ERC (Low) and TAC
Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Approved Testing Officers Manuals
Civil Aviation Safety Authority Application for Flight Instructor Rating Aircraft test form
Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Instructors Handbook
Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators H. H. Hurt, Jr