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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Conduct pre-flight actions
  2. Operational aircraft type is determined for suitability for type of aerial application operation
  3. Aircraft and role equipment are checked and assessed for serviceability prior to commencing flight operations
  4. Required applicable maintenance documentation is compiled and checked for accuracy and completeness
  5. Role equipment calibration is checked and adjusted as required
  6. Planned aerial application operations are assessed for potential or actual hazards
  7. Fuel/power requirements are determined and established within aerial application management plans
  8. Logistical considerations are addressed within scope of application management plan
  9. Conduct planning and risk management
  10. Application management plan is developed and used as the basis for aerial application operations
  11. Potential and actual hazards and operational requirements are identified, risks to aerial application operations are assessed and appropriate risk controls are implemented in accordance with the application management plan
  12. Treatment area map is correctly interpreted
  13. Pilot decision on the safety of the proposed application, including refusing to undertake an application where the risks are considered to be too high, is made as required
  14. Appropriate selection of application pattern and direction of treatment is made taking into consideration safety, efficiency, hazards and terrain
  15. Acceptable aircraft performance for aerial application operational conditions is confirmed through performance planning
  16. Normal and abnormal operational communications and signals are confirmed
  17. Perform operational area evaluation
  18. Issues relating to aircraft weight, performance, dimensions, load and meteorological conditions are identified and managed
  19. Landing areas suitable for conducting aerial application operations are selected
  20. Aircraft pre-landing/launch checks are performed in accordance with operational procedures
  21. Appropriate landing and launch techniques are conducted during aerial application operations
  22. Aerial application operations are performed in accordance with published regulations requirements
  23. Appropriate aerial survey plans are developed for conducting safe aerial application operations
  24. Operating area boundaries are established and environmentally sensitive areas are identified, including areas that are noise sensitive, biologically susceptible, populated and urban, and restricted or dangerous
  25. Potential emergency or alternate landing areas are identified and/or established for contingency operations
  26. Environmental hazard factors affecting aerial application operations are considered
  27. Wind velocity and direction are assessed for effect on operations
  28. Application management plans are amended or modified based on aerial survey assessment results as required
  29. GNSS familiarity is applied to the appropriate level of operational requirement
  30. Sound judgement is applied during application treatment area pattern selection
  31. Aircraft is operated at maximum permissible weights for aerial application operations in accordance with manufacturer and regulatory requirements
  32. Aircraft launch weight is determined within requirements relevant to operating conditions
  33. Operate within the vicinity of power lines
  34. Power line infrastructure cues are interpreted to aid wire run identification
  35. Wire heights are accurately assessed to support safe operations in vicinity of power lines, including safe flying parallel to wires
  36. Other hazards relevant to operations near power lines, such as pole stays, crop height, fences or machinery that may pose a risk, are identified and managed
  37. Safe command decision whether to fly over or under a wire is made
  38. Aerial application operations over wires, including adequate safety buffers for pull-up and let down and accurate cut-off and on-off application equipment, are conducted
  39. Aerial application operations under wires, including assessment of safe clearance distances, are conducted
  40. Application approaches towards power lines when passage beneath is unachievable are terminated safely
  41. Human factors that may affect operations near power lines, particularly distraction, short-term memory limitations and inattention (perceptual) blindness are applied during aerial application operations
  42. Apply substances through aerial application
  43. Correct application height relevant to terrain, application type and meteorological conditions is established and maintained
  44. Appropriate airspeed and flight profile are controlled on entry or re-entry to operational areas
  45. Aerial application equipment is operated within scope of the application management plan
  46. Hazard areas are manoeuvred around with adequate safety margins during application operations
  47. Application flow rates, pressure and product quantities are monitored during application operations
  48. Decisions to suspend or continue safe aerial application operations are made based on planned or actual operating conditions
  49. Clean-up operations and hazard safety checks are conducted on completion of aerial application