SECTION G
Area Control Procedural Rating
1. Requirements for issuing rating.– An applicant for an Area 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 in the following subjects in relation to the relevant Area Control
Unit, namely:–
(i) Airspace structure
(ii) Applicable rules, procedures and source
of information
(iii) Air navigation facilities
(iv) Air traffic control equipment and
its use
(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 authorised Air Traffic Controller 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, for 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 Area
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 area 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 when 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 Area Control Service within the airspace
jurisdiction of the control area or portion thereof for which he is rated.
(b) Before exercising the privileges, the licence
holder 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]