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AMC2 ORA.ATO.230(a) Training manual and operations manual

ED Decision 2018/001/R

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE COURSE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

An ATO that delivers theoretical knowledge instruction for professional pilot licences should ensure that:

(a) the courses are designed and developed using the instructional systems design (ISD) methodology, which is supported by a robust and effective management system;

(b) the courses include a standardised and dynamic assessment and testing system;

(c) instructors that deliver KSA instruction have received appropriate training covering at least learning styles, teaching methods, facilitation techniques, threat and error management (TEM), the applicable competencies, and the content of the subject(s) and exercises that they are to deliver;

(d) the recurrent training of instructors is conducted at least annually;

(e) the instructors that are responsible for assessing Area 100 KSA have received appropriate training regarding the assessment(s) that they are to conduct, and are to be standardised to ensure that the assessment grades awarded are consistent across the ATO; this standardisation should include at least familiarisation with the performance indicators, the ATO’s word pictures for grading, and the ATO’s debriefing system; and

(f) recurrent standardisation training is conducted at least annually to ensure continued inter-rater reliability.