REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS |
This describes the essential knowledge and skills and their level required for this unit.
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Required knowledge:
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Relevant sections of Civil Aviation Safety Regulations
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International and national air law including facilitation of international flight
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Relevant OH&S and environmental procedures and regulations
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Principles of effective air traffic control
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National operating standards, recommendations and system safety relevant to air traffic management
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National airspace system and standard route structure
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Rules of the air governing visual and instrument flight
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Principles of flight, operation and functioning of aircraft power-plants; systems and aircraft performance relevant to area control services
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Meteorological documentation, terms and definitions, information and the origin and characteristics of weather phenomena affecting flight operations including local phenomena
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Principles and procedures of altimetry
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Principles, limitations and accuracy of air navigation; navigation systems and visual aids, including terms; and definitions and required navigation performance relevant to area control services
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Basic time, distance and speed navigation solutions; track error, closing angles, drift and track made good
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Traffic Collision and Avoidance Systems
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Aeronautical documentation and safety practices associated with the planning and conduct of flight
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Provision of air traffic services (air traffic control, flight information service and search and rescue alerting), aeronautical information services, air traffic flow management and airspace management including terms and definitions
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Air traffic services and air traffic flow management communication phraseologies and procedures
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Security against acts of unlawful interference
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Air traffic management corporate aspiration, mission, service and culture
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Aircraft type recognition and associated wake turbulence and performance categories
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Air traffic priorities
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Airspace service priorities and the safety imperative
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Aeronautical charts and maps used in aviation
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Organisational and licensing administration
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Safety occurrence reporting and just culture in the air traffic management workplace
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Jurisdiction and adjacent airspace characteristics
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Standard route structures and associated procedures, reporting, lowest safe heights, cruising levels and transfer of control points
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Flexible tracking and user-preferred routing
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Terrain and prominent landmarks affecting flight operations within en route airspace
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Characteristics of en route sector air traffic patterns and traffic flows including hotspots, congestion and location of aerodromes and runways within and adjacent to jurisdiction airspace
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Goals and characteristics of military flight operations
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Prioritisation of area control tasks to achieve the safety critical imperative
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Recovering from compromised aircraft separation and unauthorised use of airspaces
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Division of responsibilities for air traffic services and air traffic flow management between en route airspaces and other interfacing elements
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Aircraft conflict recognition and resolution in en route airspaces
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Provision of air traffic services and air traffic flow management during system degradation including facility failures and restoration of system components
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Area control separation standards and techniques and wake turbulence separation
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Procedures for recording and/or annotating operational information
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Coordination of air traffic services and air traffic flow management information
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Departure and approach to land procedures and transition from instrument flight to visual flight and terrain protection
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Conditional air traffic clearance
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Adjusting route, track, heading and speed of aircraft
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Handover-takeover procedures and practices
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Human-machine Interface (HMI) states and associated interactions
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Formation flight configurations, separation and procedures and practices
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Required skills:
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Communicate effectively with others when providing area control services
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Actively listen when providing area control services
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Perceive incoming information associated with strategic, tactical, geographic, spatial, system and environment components of a complex system
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Comprehend incoming information and develop the current airspace and flight path model
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Read and interpret instructions, regulations, procedures and other information relevant to area control services
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Interpret and follow operational instructions and prioritise work
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Complete documentation related to area control services
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Operate electronic communication equipment to required protocol
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Provide leadership and work collaboratively with others when providing area control services
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Communicate in a team by exchanging information through assigning responsibility, acknowledgment, inquiring, and by recognising and noting facts that create team rapport and enhance team outputs
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Adapt appropriately to cultural differences in the workplace, including modes of behaviour and interactions with others
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Promptly report and/or rectify any identified problems that may occur when providing area control services in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures
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Make decisions when providing area control services
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Implement decisions using knowledge-based, rule-based and skill-based activities
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Demonstrate an attitude to error management that limits unintentional deviation from work practices and maintains accuracy through application of disciplined procedures and practices and a methodical work ethic
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Conduct aeronautical decision making
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Maintain a strategic traffic management goal for the jurisdiction airspace
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Implement contingency plans for unexpected events that may arise when providing area control services
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Apply precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate hazards that may exist when providing area control services
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Monitor and anticipate operational problems and hazards and take appropriate action
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Monitor work activities in terms of planned schedule
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Anticipate and prepare for work tasks
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Adhere to procedures through a series of steps followed in a regular definite order or a traditional or established way of doing things when this is required
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Modify activities dependent on differing workplace contingencies, situations and environments
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Judge and form an opinion or evaluate situations by discerning and comparing information
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React to some form of treatment or stressful situation by a considered and measured response in a timely fashion
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Work systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others, or damage to goods or equipment
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Adapt to differences in equipment and operating environment in accordance with standard operating procedures
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Be receptive to training for the skills, knowledge, or experiences acquired or gained over a career
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Implement OH&S procedures and relevant regulations
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Identify and correctly use equipment required to provide area control services
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Separate aircraft using area control techniques and standards
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Separate aircraft using wake turbulence standards
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Assign separation to the pilot
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Process military aircraft
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Interpret charts, maps and operational documentation associated with planning and conduct of flight
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Facilitate in-flight diversions and/or changes of altitude and flight level
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Maintain surveillance of en route airspaces
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Scan the Human-machine Interface (HMI)
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Formulate airways clearance and control instruction
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Adjust route and track of aircraft
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Vary heading of aircraft
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Vary speed of aircraft
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Record and annotate flight information and messages
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Use checklists
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Maintain surveillance in degraded mode
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Plan and prioritise tasks according to the safety imperative
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Interpret and evaluate current traffic events
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Project and predict future traffic scenarios
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Execute control actions
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Apply human reasoning to airspace and flight path scenarios
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Allocate attention according to demand and constantly switch between: managing the Human-machine Interface or equipment use; managing communications; and managing traffic
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