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Elements and Performance Criteria

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

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

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