Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
AVIY4012B Mapping and Delivery Guide
Control helicopter in hovering flight
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | AVIY4012B - Control helicopter in hovering flight |
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Description | This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to control a helicopter in hovering flight, including lifting off, hovering a helicopter, performing hovering checks; hovering a helicopter in cross and tail winds; performing spot/pedal turns; conducting turns around nose and tail; and performing sidewards and backwards flight. It also includes landing from the hover, managing a mislanding, and aborting a lift off. Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements are applicable to this unit. | ||
Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | Work must be carried out in compliance with the relevant licence and aircraft rating requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and/or ADF; airspace control requirements and Day Visual Flight Rules (Day VFR); and aircraft control principles, regulations, safety codes, protocols and procedures required when controlling a helicopter in hovering flight.Use for ADF Aviation is to be in accordance with relevant Defence Orders and Instructions and applicable CASA compliance.Operations are conducted as part of commercial or military aircraft activities across a variety of operational contexts within the Australian aviation industry.Work is performed under limited supervision.This unit is nominally packaged a Certificate IV. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Not applicable. | ||
Competency Field | Y - Aircraft Operation and Traffic Management |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Lift off, hover helicopter and perform hover checks |
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Element: Hover helicopter in cross and tail winds |
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Element: Perform spot/pedal turns |
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Element: Perform turns around nose and tail |
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Element: Perform sidewards and backwards flight |
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Element: Land from the hover |
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Element: Manage a mishandled landing |
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Element: Abort a lift off |
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