Chapter 5: ATC Competencies

Section 5.1: General

5.1.1 Methodology

5.1.1.1 A candidate must have demonstrated the required practical skills relevant to the initial endorsement(s) being sought, against the competencies and performance criteria detailed in the tables below. These are structured as:

(a) Fields (which broadly itemise ATC functional demands),

(b) Units (which detail functions more closely and which are formally described), and

(c) Elements (which reduce functional Units to minimum measurable components and which are aligned with various Performance Criteria).

Note: Example:

Note: The Field - Maintaining Situation Awareness, comprises the following Units:

Note: Updating Traffic Picture,

Note: Interpreting and Evaluating Traffic Events, and

Note: Prioritising, Projecting and Planning.

Note: The Unit - Updating Traffic Picture has one Element (in this case), identified as:

Note: Scanning, which may be assessed according to Performance Criteria, which are:

Note: a) Never missed critical information;

Note: b) May have occasionally suffered from information overload

Note: c) May not always have adjusted rate of scanning to accommodate workload

Note: d) Was always able to safely recover from b) and c).

5.1.1.2 This process becomes the means by which candidates’ compliance with required competencies may be assessed. Compliance is determined by comparative reference to lists of required Evidence Guides specific to each Element, and must be assessed by qualified assessors.

5.1.1.3 It is expected that ATS Service Providers will develop, publish and implement Evidence Guides appropriate to the type(s) of ATS services each provide.

5.1.1.4 The following section lists necessary Fields, Units, Elements and relevant Performance Criteria that constitute the training and assessment process.