ATCO.B.001 Student air traffic controller licence

(a)       Holders of a student air traffic controller licence shall be authorised to provide air traffic control services in accordance with the rating(s) and rating endorsement(s) contained in their licence under the supervision of an on-the-job training instructor and to undertake training for rating endorsement(s).

(b)       Applicants for the issue of a student air traffic controller licence shall:

(1)       be at least 18 years old;

(2)       have successfully completed initial training at a training organisation satisfying the requirements laid down in Annex III (Part ATCO.OR) relevant to the rating, and if applicable, to the rating endorsement, as set out in Part ATCO, Subpart D, Section 2;

(3)       hold a valid medical certificate;

(4)       have demonstrated an adequate level of language proficiency in accordance with the requirements set out in ATCO.B.030.

(c)       The student air traffic controller licence shall contain the language endorsement(s) and at least one rating and, if applicable, one rating endorsement.

(d)       The holder of a student air traffic controller licence who has not started exercising the privileges of that licence within one year from the date of its issue or has interrupted exercising those privileges for a period of more than one year may only start or continue unit training in that rating after an assessment of his/her previous competence, conducted by a training organisation satisfying the requirements laid down in Annex III (Part ATCO.OR) and certified to provide initial training relevant to the rating, as to whether he/she continues to satisfy the requirements relevant to that rating, and after satisfying any training requirements resulting from this assessment.

[applicable until 3 August 2024 - Regulation (EU) 2015/340]

(a)       Holders of a student air traffic controller licence shall be authorised to provide air traffic control services in accordance with the rating(s) and rating endorsement(s) contained in their licence under the supervision of an on-the-job training instructor, and to undertake training for additional rating endorsement(s) and unit endorsement(s).

(b)       Applicants for a student air traffic controller licence shall:

(1)       be at least 18 years old;

(2)       within the 12 months preceding the application, have successfully completed initial training at a training organisation satisfying the requirements laid down in Annex III (Part ATCO.OR) relevant to the rating, and if applicable, to the rating endorsement, as set out in Part ATCO, Subpart D, Section 2;

(3)       hold a valid medical certificate;

(4)       have demonstrated an adequate level of language proficiency in accordance with the requirements set out in point ATCO.B.030.

(c)       The student air traffic controller licence shall contain the language proficiency endorsement(s) and at least one rating and, if applicable, one rating endorsement.

(d)       The holder of a student air traffic controller licence who has not started exercising the privileges of that licence within 1 year from the date of its issuance or has interrupted exercising those privileges for a period of more than 1 year may only start or continue on-the-job training in that rating:

(1)       if a training organisation satisfying the requirements laid down in Annex III (Part ATCO.OR) and certified to provide initial training relevant to the rating has conducted an assessment of previous competence as to whether the holder of a student air traffic controller licence continues to satisfy the requirements relevant to that rating, and

(2)       after satisfying any training requirements resulting from the assessment referred to point (d)(1) above.

[applicable from 4 August 2024 - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/893]