Course Title: Flying to Instructor rating

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Flying to Instructor rating

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information: Prior to enrolment in AERO2479 'Flying to Instructor Rating' you must:     - Demonstrate a sound knowledge of Part 61 Manual of Standards     - Provide evidence of considerable currency in your flight training in the preceding six (6) month period     - Have a valid medical as per CASA requirements.  

 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
AERO2479	Point Cook Campus	Undergraduate	110P SEH Portfolio Office	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022
AERO2479	Point Cook Campus	Undergraduate	130T Vocational Engineering	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016
AERO2479	Point Cook Campus	Undergraduate	176H RMIT Aviation Academy	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2023
AERO2620	RMIT Flight Training - Bendigo	Undergraduate	110P SEH Portfolio Office	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2022
AERO2638	Hartwig Air	Undergraduate	110P SEH Portfolio Office	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2022
AERO2638	Hartwig Air	Undergraduate	176H RMIT Aviation Academy	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2023, Sem 2 2023

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
AERO2479	Point Cook Campus	Undergraduate	110P SEH Portfolio Office	Face-to-Face	UGRDFlex17 (ZZZZ)
AERO2479	Point Cook Campus	Undergraduate	176H RMIT Aviation Academy	Face-to-Face	UGRDFlex24 (PC1), UGRDFlex24 (PC)

Course Coordinator: George Daniil

Course Coordinator Phone: -

Course Coordinator Email: george.daniil@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Point Cook & City Campus

Course Coordinator Availability: By Email

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Co-requisites:

1. Instructor Theory

Pre-requisites:

1. A holder of CASA Commercial Pilot Licence

Note:

It is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the pre-requisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

 

Course Description

This course enables you to demonstrate the knowledge and skills required by CASA to plan and conduct classroom and flying lessons, and to assess trainee pilots.
The course will prepare you for the CASA Flight Instructor Rating.
 

This course includes Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in real or simulated workplace context. Feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience. WIL activities may include simulations or projects using industry technology, equipment and processes.

 

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) for AD023.

• Demonstrate the application of skills and knowledge to adapt fundamental principles, concepts and techniques to known and unknown situations
• Show initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in aviation practice; with communication and analytical skills to interpret and transmit responses to sometimes complex problems.
• Taking responsibility and accountability for own learning and work in collaboration with others within broad parameters.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

On completion of this course you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the application of skills and knowledge to adapt fundamental principles, concepts and techniques to known and unknown situations
2. Display initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in aviation practice; with communication and analytical skills to interpret and transmit responses to sometimes complex problems.
3. Demonstrating responsibility and accountability for own learning and working in collaboration with others within broad aviation parameters
4. Understand the fundamentals of Principals and methods of instruction
5. Develop lesson Plans in accordance with the CASA Manual of Standards (MOS)
6. Recall the principles of threat and error management and apply them practically

Overview of Learning Activities

The learning activities included in this course are:

• Attendance at lectures where syllabus material will be presented and explained.
• Completion of tutorial questions and possibly workshop projects designed to give further practice in the application of flying theory to given situations, and to give feedback on student progress and understanding;
• Completion of class exercises consisting of numerical calculations and other factors requiring an integrated understanding of the subject matter; and
• Private study, working through the course as presented in classes, information gathered from practical demonstrations and learning materials, and gaining practice at solving flight related calculations
• Tests and exams. 

Overview of Learning Resources

You will be required to use CASA and other texts and as well as receiving classroom handouts. Videos, practical demonstrations and discussions in the classroom will enhance your learning.

Overview of Assessment

All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching). A hurdle requirement is necessary in order to demonstrate to an accrediting body (CASA) that students are competent and being sufficiently assessed against practice-focused professional standards.

Assessment Task 1: Final flight test - Hurdle Assessment

Weighting towards final grade  (%): 100%

This assessment supports all CLO’s 1-5

Your course assessment is consistent with RMIT Assessment Policy: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qwxbqbg739rl1 

Note: RMIT will facilitate your CASA Flight Instructor Rating test and the associated cost of the first attempt is incorporated in the course fee.