1CASA EX31/24 — ATC Licence (PARM Endorsement) (Exemptions from Recency and Currency Requirements) Instrument 2024

Instrument number CASA EX31/24

I, ADRIAN PAUL SLOOTJES, Branch Manager, Air Navigation, Airspace & Aerodromes, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 and subregulation 11.245(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed Adrian Slootjes]

Adrian Slootjes
Branch Manager, Air Navigation, Airspace & Aerodromes

29 May 2024

CASA EX31/24 — ATC Licence (PARM Endorsement) (Exemptions from Recency and Currency Requirements) Instrument 2024

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX31/24 — ATC Licence (PARM Endorsement) (Exemptions from Recency and Currency Requirements) Instrument 2024.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 June 2024; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 May 2027.

Note For regulation 11.250 of CASR, the directions in section 6 cease to be in force at the end of 31 May 2027.

3 Definitions

Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: air traffic control function and ATC licence.

In this instrument:

AA Licensing and Certificates Manual means ATS Licensing and Certificates Manual, prepared by Airservices Australia, ARN 202210, as existing from time to time.

PARM endorsement means the precision approach radar monitor endorsement for an ATC licence referred to in the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual.

PRM simulator means the Eurocat simulator used for precision radar monitoring that is:

(a) operated by Airservices Australia; and

(b) located in the Sydney Air Traffic Services Centre; and

(c) designed to simulate a live environment for PARM endorsement functions.

Sydney TCU means the function referred to by that name and described in Appendix A of the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual.

Sydney Tower means the function referred to by that name and described in Appendix A of the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual.

4 Application

This instrument applies in relation to an ATC licence holder who:

(a) performs air traffic control functions at Sydney Airport under a PARM endorsement; and

(b) satisfies the recency and currency requirements mentioned in subparagraph 65.035(1)(c)(i) of CASR in relation to an endorsement within either Sydney TCU or Sydney Tower (other than the PARM endorsement), gained by performance of functions in the live operational environment and not on a simulator.

5 Exemptions

(1) An ATC licence holder to whom this instrument applies is exempt from subregulation 65.045(1) of CASR:

(a) to the extent that the subregulation requires the licence holder to comply with the recency requirement mentioned in subparagraph 65.035(1)(c)(i) in the manner specified in subregulation 65.025(1) in relation to the PARM endorsement; and

(b) if the licence holder has performed the PARM endorsement functions on the PRM simulator for at least 30 minutes within the previous 21 days.

(2) An ATC licence holder to whom this instrument applies is exempt from subregulation 65.045(1) of CASR:

(a) to the extent that the subregulation requires the licence holder to comply with the currency requirement mentioned in subparagraph 65.035(1)(c)(i) in the manner specified in paragraph 65.030(1)(b) in relation to the PARM endorsement; and

(b) if, within the previous 6 months, the licence holder’s performance of the PARM endorsement functions, as carried out on the PRM simulator, has been assessed as satisfactory.

6 Directions

Airservices Australia must ensure that:

(a) the PRM simulator, software, data set and simulator exercises are, at all times when being used for the purposes of this instrument, aligned with the live operational environment for the PARM endorsement; and

(b) no change is made to the PRM simulator without CASA’s prior written approval; and

(c) no change is made to the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual that affects the ambit of the exemptions under this instrument (including provisions relating to the recency or currency requirements or the scope or description of the PARM endorsement) without CASA’s prior written approval.