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AMC1 ATCO.D.055(b)(6) Unit training plan

ED Decision 2023/011/R

DURATION OF UNIT ENDORSEMENT COURSES

(a)       The on-the-job training instruction as part of the unit endorsement course should be at least of the duration specified in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(b).

(b)       The ratings named in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(b), should be read in the context of this Regulation:

(1)       aerodrome control rating: ADV and ADI ratings;

(2)       approach control procedural rating: APP rating;

(3)       approach control surveillance rating: APS rating;

(4)       area control procedural rating: ACP rating;

(5)       area control surveillance rating: ACS rating.

(c)       The approach precision radar control rating in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(b), should be read in the context of this Regulation as APS-PAR rating endorsement according to ATCO.B.015.

[applicable until 3 August 2024 - ED Decision 2015/010/R]

DURATION OF UNIT ENDORSEMENT COURSES

(a)       The on-the-job training instruction as part of the unit endorsement course should be at least of the duration specified in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Sections 4.5.2.2.1(b) and (c) and 4.5.2.2.3.

(b)       Notwithstanding point (a), the minimum duration of the on-the-job training instruction for the surveillance radar approach rating endorsement may be partly substituted by utilising a simulator, if approved by the competent authority.

(c)       The approach precision radar control rating in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(b), should be read in the context of this Regulation as APS-PAR rating endorsement according to point ATCO.B.015.

(d)       The inclusion of surveillance radar approach duties in the privileges of the approach control surveillance rating in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(c), should be read in the context of this Regulation as APS-SRA rating endorsement according to point ATCO.B.015.

[applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]