SECTION
F
Approach Control Surveillance Rating
1. Requirements for issuing rating.– An applicant for an Approach Control
Surveillance 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 examination in at least
the following subjects in relation to the area of responsibility 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) Principles,
use and limitations of applicable Air Traffic Services Surveillance Systems and
associated equipment
(x) Procedures
for the provision of Air Traffic Services Surveillance Service, as appropriate,
including procedures to ensure appropriate terrain clearance
(xi) Any
other subject considered appropriate for the particular Air Traffic Services
unit.
(b) Experience.– He shall
produce a certificate of his –
(i) having
satisfactorily completed an approved training course on the surveillance system;
and
(i)
having
undergone on-the-job training under the supervision of an instructor or 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 Surveillance 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 with
the use of applicable Air Traffic Services surveillance systems for the
aerodrome or aerodromes
for which he is rated, within the airspace or portion thereof, falling under
the jurisdiction of the unit providing Approach Control Service.
(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]