SECTION E

Approach Control Procedural Rating

1. Requirements for issuing rating.– An applicant for an Approach Control Procedural Rating shall satisfy the following requirements, namely:-

(a) Knowledge.– He shall hold an Air Traffic Controller’s Licence or a Student Air Traffic Controller’s Licence and shall have demonstrated the required level of knowledge by passing the examination at least in the following subjects for Approach Control Unit at a particular place, namely:–

(i) Airspace structure

(ii) Applicable rules, procedures and source of information

(iii) Air navigation facilities

(iv) Air traffic control equipment and its use

(v) Terrain and prominent landmarks

(vi) Characteristics of air traffic and traffic flow

(vii) Weather phenomena

(viii) Emergency and search and rescue plans

(ix) Any other subject considered appropriate for the particular Air Traffic Services unit.

(b) Experience.– He shall produce a certificate of his having undergone on-the-job training under the supervision of an instructor or an authorised Air Traffic Controller’s Licence holder for a period of not less than three months, during which at least one hundred and eighty hours of training has been completed, at the unit for which the rating is sought:

Provided that the Director-General may reduce the period of on-the-job-training, subject to the conditions specified in this regard, for an air traffic controller holding or having held an Approach Control Procedural Rating for any other aerodrome or any other rating of that aerodrome.

     (c) Skill.– He shall have been assessed successful by a Board or examiner regarding his skill, judgement and performance to provide a safe, orderly and expeditious approach control service, including the recognition and management of threats and errors and the assessment shall be conducted as soon as possible after the completion of on-the-job training requirement.

2. Validity.– The rating shall become invalid if an air traffic controller has not exercised the privileges of the rating for a period exceeding six months.

3. Revalidation.– A rating shall be revalidated as provided in rule 110.

4. Privileges.– (a) The privileges of the holder shall be to provide or to supervise the provision of Approach Control Service within the airspace jurisdiction of the unit for which he is rated.

(b) Before exercising the privileges, the holder of the rating shall be familiar with all pertinent and current information.

[Inserted by GSR No 64(E) dated 3-2-2012; and

Amended by GSR 1089(E) dated 05-11-2018]