Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify aviation regulations
- State authority requirements and authorisations required for commercial and air transport operations are explained
- Methods of exercising state authority functions are identified
- Requirements of an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) are applied
- Role of International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and other relevant aviation organisations is explained
- Role of national aviation regulatory bodies and enterprise organisational structures is explained
- Specific state and enterprise regulations relating to dispatch of aircraft are applied to flight dispatch activities
- International civil aviation convention provisions are identified
- Utilise aviation terminology
- Standard aeronautical terminology and phraseology is used to describe aviation operations
- Flight direction is correctly explained using accepted units of measure and direction
- Flight speed, distance and velocity terms are correctly explained and applied to flight dispatch activities
- Aviation units of measure are utilised during flight dispatch operations
- Apply knowledge of basic aircraft power plants and systems
- Aircraft propulsion system types, principles and operational differences are followed
- Propeller driven aircraft types and principles of operation are explained
- Jet-propelled aircraft types and principles of operation are explained
- Operator knowledge of aviation fuels and oils usage is applied to flight planning tasks
- Aircraft flight instruments are identified and their purpose is explained
- Apply basic aerodynamic theory
- Basic aircraft operational states are explained in terms of kinetic and potential energy terms
- Standard aerodynamic terminology and phraseology is used to describe flight operations
- Wake turbulence and associated aircraft operational effects are applied to flight dispatch activities
- Thrust stream turbulence (jet blast/rotor downwash) hazards to flight operations are identified
- Apply knowledge of aviation navigation charts
- Visual chart types and major chart features displayed are explained
- Controlled airspace (CTA), prohibited, restricted and danger (PRD) areas are identified on appropriate visual charts
- Appropriate PRD data is determined and extracted for use in operational flight planning tasks
- Runway information and operational limitations data is extracted from enroute supplements for use in operational flight planning tasks
- Apply knowledge of aircraft operations, performance and planning
- Aircraft airworthiness requirements and certification documentation are identified and correctly compiled
- Aircraft take-off and landing performance data is extracted from authorised sources and is correctly used during aircraft performance planning
- Aircraft weight and balance planning factors are correctly outlined and used during aircraft loading calculations