Key Benefits:
The Single European Sky is an initiative of the European Union which aims to improve the overall efficiency of the air navigation system in Europe, enabling the safe and regular operation of transport services (i) air and facilitate the free movement of goods, persons and services. For these purposes, a Community regulatory framework has been established through which it is intended to achieve a more rational organisation of airspace, which will increase its capacity and security guarantee throughout the European area.
In the context of the implementation of this Community initiative, Directive 2006 /23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on the Community licence for the European Union has been adopted, inter alia, air traffic controller. This directive has been transposed into Spanish law by Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, which regulates the Community air traffic controller licence.
Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October provides that the provision of training services to air traffic controllers and the evaluation procedure shall be subject to certification by the national authority. monitoring, in this case, the State Aviation Safety Agency.
The issuance of the certification of civil air traffic controllers training providers is subject to compliance with the requirements set out in the aforementioned Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, whose verification is also the responsibility of the State Aviation Safety Agency.
In addition, Law 9/2010 of 14 April, which regulates the provision of air traffic services, establishes the obligations of the civil service providers of such services and establishes certain working conditions for the provision of services. the civil air traffic controllers, in their third additional provision, contains provisions concerning the training of air traffic personnel.
This order, issued in accordance with the enabling provision made by the fourth final provision of the royal decree and in accordance with the provisions of the fourth final provision of Law 46/1960 of 21 July of Navigation Air, develops the requirements that must be accredited by the civil service providers of air traffic controllers and regulates the procedure for obtaining the certification and the procedures of evaluation and approval of the plans of training.
In its virtue, with the prior approval of the Minister of the Presidency, and according to the State Council, I have:
CHAPTER I
General provisions
Article 1. Object and scope of application.
1. The purpose of this order is to develop the requirements to be provided by the civil service providers of air traffic controllers, hereinafter referred to as providers of training, and to regulate the procedure for obtaining the certificate of training provider.
The evaluation procedure and the approval of training plans and courses are also regulated.
2. All persons, natural or legal, who have their principal place of operation in Spain and, where appropriate, their registered office, are included in the scope of this order and are to provide training services to the air traffic.
Article 2. Definitions.
For the purposes of this order, it is understood by:
1. Teacher of initial training, the person in charge of the education during the initial training, either basic or enabling.
2. Teacher of transition unit training prior to practical training, a person in charge of unit training in his/her transition phase prior to the practical training of work.
3. Instructor, person in charge of unit training, in the practical training phase of work.
4. Instructor training teacher, the person in charge of the training of the air traffic controllers for the instructor annotation.
5. Initial training examiner or evaluator, person in charge of the assessment of the training of pupils during the initial training, either basic or enabling.
6. Unit training examiner or evaluator, person in charge of the assessment of unit training.
Article 3. Competencies.
1. The Director of the State Aviation Safety Agency is the body responsible for resolving the regulated procedures in this order.
The decisions of the Director of the State Aviation Safety Agency put an end to the administrative route and may be appealed for in replacement to the same body within one month or be directly contested. in the case of a judicial-administrative court order.
2. The State Aviation Safety Agency shall verify compliance with the requirements set out in this order by reviewing the documentation provided, and may, where appropriate, perform any other action it deems appropriate to monitor their compliance. In particular, the State Aviation Safety Agency may supervise the conduct of the tests or assessments of aptitude in any of its phases or in its entirety.
The State Aviation Safety Agency shall also verify that the organization, personnel and facilities to provide services of Spanish territory and, where appropriate, the instruction manual, including training courses, training providers certified by the national supervisory authority of another Member State comply with the requirements laid down by the applicable regulations for certification and with the conditions of the certificate.
3. The State Aviation Safety Agency shall regularly monitor each certified training provider to verify the maintenance of the requirements for certification, as provided for in Royal Decree 98/2009, 5 of February, for which the Aeronautical Inspection Regulation is adopted.
Without prejudice to the supervision of the training provider carried out by the national supervisory authority of the Member State of certification, it is for the State Aviation Safety Agency to monitor compliance with the referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2, where appropriate, in accordance with the partnership agreements which the State Aviation Safety Agency may conclude with that national supervisory authority.
CHAPTER II
Certification of training providers
Article 4. Provision of training provider services.
1. Initial training courses, unit training and continuing training, valid for obtaining the student air traffic controller licence and obtaining and maintaining the Community air traffic controller licence issued in Spain by the State Air Safety Agency, including its corresponding ratings and endorsements, may only be provided by training providers certified by the Agency and by suppliers whose certificate has been recognised by the Commission, as provided for in Article 12.
These training providers are also the only ones authorised to carry out the relevant aptitude tests or assessments, with the exception provided for in Chapter IV, Section
.2. The practical training of work managing actual traffic may only be provided by designated providers for the provision of air traffic control services which have been certified as providers of training.
3. The instruction manual, initial training plans, unit training and instructor training plans, the unit training plan, and, where appropriate, their successive modifications, must be approved by the State Security Agency. Air.
In the same act of certification as a training provider, the State Aviation Safety Agency shall approve the instruction manual and initial training, unit training and training plans for instructors and trainers. validate the unit training plan, as the case may be. Their successive amendments shall be adopted in accordance with Article 10.
Article 5. Conditions of the request.
1. The application for obtaining the certificate of training provider shall be completed in the single model set out in Annex II and shall relate to all the training services, among those set out in Annex III, for which certification is requested.
The application may be filed in the places referred to in Article 38.4 of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure, addressed to the Agency State of Air Safety, or by electronic means, in accordance with the provisions of Law 11/2007, of June 22, of electronic access of citizens to Public Services.
2. The application shall be accompanied by the documentation referred to in the relevant paragraph of Annex I, as well as the supporting documentation of compliance with the requirements set out in Chapter III and IV.
3. If the application does not meet the requirements laid down in this order, the State Aviation Safety Agency shall require the person concerned to submit the required documents or accompany them within 10 working days, indicating that, if not He shall be given a withdrawal of his request, upon a decision to be made in accordance with the terms laid down in Article 42 of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November.
Article 6. Rules applicable to the certification procedure.
As not provided for in this order, the procedures laid down in this chapter will apply to the provisions of Law 30/1992, of November 26, in Law 11/2007, of June 22, of electronic access of citizens to Public Services, and Royal Decree 98/2009 of 6 February, approving the Aeronautical Inspection Regulation.
Article 7. Issue of the certificate.
1. The State Aviation Safety Agency shall issue the training provider certificate with the minimum content provided for in Article 31 of Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, governing the Community licence for the controller of the air traffic, in Spanish and English.
2. After the period of six months from the date of submission of the application, without the certification of the requested training provider being issued, the application shall be deemed to be rejected as provided for in the additional provision Twenty-ninth of Law 14/2000, of December 29, of fiscal, administrative and social order measures.
3. The State Aviation Safety Agency may provide reasons for limitations in the certification of training providers by making explicit such limitations in the relevant certificate.
Article 8. Effectiveness.
1. The effectiveness of a certificate shall be automatically extinguished if the training provider does not provide any of the services for which it obtained the certificate within the maximum period of two years from the date of its acquisition, or if, having initiated the provision of services, no longer to be provided for more than two years.
2. The Director of Airport Safety and Air Navigation, after hearing the training provider, shall decide on the ineffectiveness of the certificate. This decision does not put an end to the administrative procedure and may be brought before it, provided for in Article 114 of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November, before the Director of the State Aviation Safety Agency within a period of time. month.
Article 9. Limitation, suspension or revocation of certification.
1. If the training provider, for exceptional reasons of a temporary nature, is not in a position to maintain compliance with the conditions laid down for obtaining and maintaining the certificate, he shall notify the Agency thereof. State of Aviation Safety with a contingency plan in which the alternative measures to be applied to maintain the basic conditions required for certification or to put an end to the situation, as well as the deadlines, are highlighted. implementation of those measures.
In the light of the communication from the training provider and the contingency plan submitted, the State Aviation Safety Agency shall, within the maximum period of two months, decide on its feasibility by urging, where appropriate, the adoption of the accompanying measures that you consider to be accurate.
2. Where the resolution on the feasibility of the contingency plan agrees that the contingency plan is insufficient or the accompanying measures agreed in that resolution are not adopted and within the time limit laid down therein, the State Aviation Safety Agency may initiate a procedure to determine the origin of the revocation, limitation or suspension of the certification, or any of the types of training for which the supplier would have been certified.
3. The initiation of a revocation procedure shall also be initiated when the conditions for obtaining and maintaining the certificate are not met, where the training provider fails to comply with the conditions laid down in Article 1 (1) of the Treaty. obligations referred to in paragraph 1, or where the non-compliance notified in accordance with that paragraph is not due to exceptional causes of a temporary nature.
4. The resolution of the State Aviation Safety Agency agreeing on the limitation, suspension or revocation of the training provider's certificate shall be issued, after the person concerned has been heard for a minimum period of 10 days, within the maximum period of three months. months from the start date.
Elapsed this time without having passed a resolution, the expiration of the procedure will occur. The decision declaring the expiry shall order the file of the proceedings, with the effects provided for in Article 92 of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November.
Article 10. Changes and modifications to the conditions for granting the certificates.
1. Certified training providers shall request the State Aviation Safety Agency to approve any changes that may affect the conditions for obtaining the certificate, including changes to the documentation submitted in the request.
2. The procedure for the approval of changes affecting the basic conditions of certification shall be in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4.
In any case, the basic conditions of the certificate are considered to affect the modifications relating to:
a) Instruction manual.
b) Initial training plans.
c) Drive training plans.
d) Instructor training plans.
e) Unit training plan.
3. The application shall be submitted to the State Aviation Safety Agency at least six months before the date of its implementation and shall be accompanied by the relevant supporting documentation which is relevant to the compliance with what is foreseen in this order.
In the application the training provider must justify that the projected changes do not entail a modification of the accredited conditions for certification.
4. Within six months of the submission of the application, the State Aviation Safety Agency must resolve the source of approval of the requested changes.
After the maximum period provided for in the preceding paragraph without express resolution, the application shall be deemed to be dismissed as provided for in the additional twenty-ninth provision of Law 14/2000, 29 December.
5. For the approval of changes not provided for in paragraph 2, the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 shall apply to the following singularities:
(a) The application must be submitted at least three months in advance of the planned date of application of the planned change.
b) The maximum time limit for resolving the change request is three months from the request date.
(c) After the maximum period provided for in the preceding letter without any express resolution, the application shall be deemed to be an administrative silence.
6. By way of derogation from the above paragraphs, where the training provider is obliged to make changes for reasons of emergency or these are the result of extraordinary measures necessary to deal with short-term situations, shall communicate to the State Aviation Safety Agency such duly justified circumstances, together with the request for approval of the changes it intends to make, in order to assess the reasons for urgency alleged.
If the State Aviation Safety Agency within ten working days from the day following receipt of the request does not reject the reasons for urgency alleged, the supplier may apply provisionally the changes notified as the statement of the State Aviation Safety Agency is produced, as provided for in the previous paragraphs.
Article 11. Renewal of the certificates.
1. Applications for renewal of the training provider certificate shall be submitted to the State Aviation Safety Agency six months before the date of expiry of the certificate in force, accompanied, where appropriate, by the documentation. updated to demonstrate compliance with the requirements set out in this order, in relation to the type or types of training for which it has been certified.
After the period of six months from the date of submission of the renewal application without the express delivery of the application by the State Aviation Safety Agency, the latter shall be deemed to be dismissed as provided for in the additional twenty-ninth provision of Law 14/2000 of 29 December.
2. Applications submitted within a period of less than that referred to in paragraph 1 shall be ineffective for the renewal of the certificate which expires at the end of its term of validity, without prejudice to the fact that the person concerned may apply for a new certificate of training, as set out in this order.
Article 12. Recognition of certificates issued in other Member States.
1. Upon application by the person concerned, the State Aviation Safety Agency shall recognise certificates issued by the national supervisory authority of another Member State where the certification has been issued in accordance with the provisions and principles laid down in Directive 2006 /23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on the Community air traffic controller licence, to which it may, if it considers appropriate, consult the competent body of the European Union.
After the six-month period from the date of submission of the application without having been resolved on the recognition of the certification of the training provider, the certification shall be deemed to be rejected in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation. the additional twenty-ninth provision of Law 14/2000, of 29 December, of fiscal, administrative and social order measures.
2. Training providers certified by the national supervisory authority of another Member State as recognised by the State Aviation Safety Agency are obliged to communicate to the national supervisory authority any decision of the national supervisory authority. of the Member State of certification relating to certification, in particular in relation to its validity, effectiveness, revocation, changes or modifications and renewal.
3. Training providers certified by the national supervisory authority of another Member State recognised by the State Aviation Safety Agency are obliged to communicate to the national supervisory authority the changes affecting the intended means and equipment. in the second subparagraph of Article 3 (2
.These changes must be authorized by the State Aviation Safety Agency in accordance with the provisions of Article 10.
CHAPTER III
Training Provider Requirements
Article 13. Organization and management structure.
1. For the purposes referred to in Article 30 (a) of Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, the training provider shall:
a) Designate a responsible person (manager) with corporate authority to ensure that the training arrangements can be funded and carried out under the standards required by the State Agency Air Safety.
b) Ensure that the profile of the staff is adequately qualified and experienced to plan and execute the theoretical and practical training, as well as to carry out the relevant assessments in accordance with their certification.
c) Designate a person to be responsible for quality management in the organization.
d) Name a person, head of training, as responsible for all that includes training, in particular the instruction manual, courses and training plans.
e) Designate a person as a representation liaison with the State Aviation Safety Agency.
2. Training providers shall have a master document in which the possible changes and modifications associated with the certification that are carried out and the reasons for which they are justified are recorded in an orderly and codified manner. the purpose of facilitating the monitoring of the development of the organisation.
Article 14. Facilities and equipment.
1. For the purposes referred to in Article 30 (b) of Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, the training provider must have at least classrooms, simulators, offices and recreation rooms, as well as the basic publications, which allow the successful development of the planned training courses.
2. The training provider shall have complete documentation of all the information related to the training and its assessment, and shall have the appropriate elements to maintain the security of those documents.
3. Where such documents are maintained by means of a computerised system, the latter must meet the conditions described above. In these circumstances, the training provider shall have the appropriate tools for the printing and reproduction of such material for the use of the trainees or the training staff. Any right of reproduction and copying necessary to comply with this requirement shall be the responsibility of the training provider.
Article 15. Quality management system.
1. For the purposes referred to in point (d) of Article 30 of Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, the quality management system of the training provider shall:
a) Define a quality policy aimed at ensuring and meeting the expectations of students in training or subject to instruction.
b) Establish quality assurance programmes that provide for procedures to certify that all operations have been carried out in accordance with the requirements, standards and procedures applicable.
c) Demonstrate the operation of the quality system through manuals and monitoring documents.
d) appoint representatives to monitor and monitor compliance with the requirements and the adequacy of the requirements, in order to ensure that the requirements are met.
e) Carry out reviews of the quality system in place and, where appropriate, adopt a plan of remedial measures.
2. An ISO 9001 certificate, covering the training services of the supplier, issued by a duly accredited organisation, shall be deemed to be sufficient proof of compliance. The training provider shall display the documentation of the Quality Management System related to certification to the State Aviation Safety Agency, if requested by the State Aviation Safety Agency.
Article 16. Financing and insurance.
1. For the purposes referred to in Article 30 (e) of Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, the training provider shall:
a) Dispose of an economic study to ensure the economic and financial viability of the project, ensuring the continuity of the training.
(b) Dispose of an economic study identifying the minimum required coverage to ensure the civil liability of the provider for the damages caused to the students in training and third parties.
(c) Credit that a subscribed insurance is available with a duly registered insurance institution with the minimum coverage set out in the preceding letter.
2. The State Aviation Safety Agency, where appropriate, prior to any reports it deems relevant may agree to the extension of the insurance provided for in point (c) of the previous paragraph, to the necessary coverage of the civil liability. from the vendor.
CHAPTER IV
Teachers and evaluators
Section 1. Training Teachers and Instructors
Article 17. Requirements common to teachers.
1. In addition to the requirements laid down in the following Articles, training teachers and instructors must demonstrate that they are aware of the structure and objectives of the course and of the training plan they provide.
2. Subject to the authorisation of the State Aviation Safety Agency, in accordance with the terms set out in Section 2, teachers and instructors may in turn carry out training assessment tasks which they provide.
3. Teachers and instructors shall be subject to the assessment of their competence by means of continuous assessment by means of the procedures laid down by the training provider. If the evaluation was not successful, they must be removed from their training tasks until the outcome of the assessment is satisfactory.
The training provider must establish the appropriate recovery procedures to apply the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 18. Specific requirements for teachers of initial training and teacher training for instructors.
1. Teachers of initial, basic or enabling training, and teachers of training of instructors, may provide such training without the need to be a holder of an air traffic controller licence, provided that, in accordance with (a) established in this order, their training and professional and pedagogical experience in the subjects to be taught is accredited by their academic qualification or by being the holders of an aeronautical licence according to the training to be taught.
2. Initial training teachers of training who provide such training in a simulator shall be holders of an air traffic controller licence and shall be in possession of an authorisation and, where appropriate, an endorsement of the licence. Enablement in positions corresponding to the positions of the simulator.
Article 19. Specific requirements for teachers in the training of transition units prior to the practical training of work.
Training teachers of a transitional unit prior to the practical training of work, must be the holders of an air controller licence and be in possession of an authorisation and, where appropriate, a licence. Enablement annotation on jobs corresponding to those in the unit.
Article 20. Specific requirements of the instructors.
1. The instructors must be holders of an air traffic controller licence with an entry into force, which shall be in which they can provide training, except in the cases provided for in Section
.2. Instructors providing training on a simulator must complete a specified minimum number of hours imparting training during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of expiry of their instructor log, either with actual traffic in the defined units, or in a simulator in the rating or ratings for which they are competent, in order to be valued for the renewal of such an instructor log.
The minimum number of hours referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be specified in the instruction manual which shall also contain the procedures to comply with this obligation.
3. Training providers shall ensure that the instructors appointed to provide training have successfully completed the training programmes referred to in Article 35 and have been declared eligible.
Section 2.
Article 21. Common requirements, tasks and responsibilities of examiners or evaluators.
1. Training examiners or evaluators must be authorized by the State Aviation Safety Agency. These authorisations will be valid for three years and can be renewed for equal periods of time.
2. The examiner or evaluator of the training shall:
a) Prove that you know the structure and objectives of the course or training plan, as well as the assessment methods used.
(b) Contar at least one year of experience in training in the field in which it is to carry out assessment tasks immediately prior to being authorised as an examiner, or, in another case, to be authorised by the State Aviation Safety Agency, on a reasoned proposal from the training provider, during the certification process.
3. The examiners or evaluators of the training provider shall be responsible for:
a) Evaluate the different types of training for which you are authorized.
b) Integrate all evaluation tests to establish a training assessment.
c) Custodian the results of the evaluations over time that specify the administrative procedures established by the training provider.
d) Report the observed shortcomings and/or inadequacies, in accordance with the initial or unit training plan.
Article 22. Specific requirements for initial training examiners or evaluators.
The examiner or evaluator of the initial simulator enablement training must be the holder of an air traffic controller license and have or have provided the appropriate enablement and rating enablement training to be evaluated.
Article 23. Specific requirements of examiners or evaluators of transition unit training prior to the practical training of work.
1. The examiner or evaluator of the training of transition unit prior to the practical training of work must be the holder of an air traffic controller licence and must have or have provided for the enabling and logging of the those in the unit in which the assessment is authorised, except in the cases provided for in Section 3.
2. In case the evaluator is transferred to another unit, he/she must meet the criteria set out in the previous section before being able to perform evaluations on the new unit.
Article 24. Specific requirements of examiners or evaluators of practical unit of work training.
1. The examiner or evaluator of the training of the practical unit of work must be the holder of an air traffic controller licence in force and of the enabling and recording of the rating and unit in force in respect of the unit to which it is authorizes such an assessment, except in the cases provided for in Section
.2. In case the evaluator is transferred to another unit, he/she must meet the criteria set out in the previous section before being able to perform evaluations on the new unit.
Section 3. Special Unit Training Suppositions
Article 25. Training of unit in cases of change of service provider of air traffic services or start of service delivery.
1. Where there is a change of service provider of air traffic control services, or service provider, or the service provision is first initiated in a given unit, the new designated service provider shall be required to be certified as a practical training provider of work and count among its personnel with air traffic controllers with an instructor annotation in force.
2. The new designated service provider must be provided with a training or training transition plan, drawn up by a certified training provider, in which all the necessary training needs are addressed to ensure that the training is the safe, effective and continuous provision of air traffic control services.
3. The transition or training start plan shall be designed in accordance with this section and shall include at least the procedures and mechanisms enabled to ensure the training of the service provider's staff, including their familiarisation with the equipment and facilities, identifying all those actions which, in cases of change of service provider, require the participation of the outgoing provider.
4. During the transition phase or the start of the provision, from the day following the date of the designation of the new service provider until the date on which the effective delivery of the transit control service occurs. Without restrictions, the training of air traffic controllers shall be carried out with an instructor's entry in force designated by the incoming service provider in order to obtain the precise unit log for the the instruction of the personnel to provide air traffic control services in the unit or units in the ones to be replaced.
Article 26. Instruction and evaluation of the instructors in the service provider change scenarios.
1. Prior to the necessary arrangements between the service providers involved, the service provider to be replaced shall be responsible for instructing and evaluating the instructors referred to in Article 25.4 in accordance with the training plan. of the unit of that provider.
2. Where the instruction and assessment of the instructors as provided for in the previous paragraph is not possible, the new designated service provider may apply for the authorisation of the State Aviation Safety Agency, with due in advance and justification, in order for the assessment or examination of the unit instruction to be carried out by other authorised examiners of air traffic services units (ATS) similar to any certified training provider of Directive 2004 /6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on the Community air traffic controller license.
3. Where the instruction and full evaluation of the instructors is not possible by any of the procedures provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the provisions of such procedures may be supplemented or replaced by a training based on the self-training, familiarisation and simulation of incoming instructors and examiners, to be approved or established by the State Aviation Safety Agency.
Article 27. Instruction and evaluation of the instructors in the case of the start of service delivery.
In those cases where a new ATS unit is to be put into service, the service provider must establish a unit training plan which may be based on self-training, familiarisation and a simulation appropriate to the characteristics of the unit of the instructors and examiners that make up the unit, which shall be approved or established by the State Aviation Safety Agency.
CHAPTER V
Instruction Manual, Plans and Training Courses
Article 28. Procedures.
1. The training provider must have procedures, including training programmes, to ensure that teachers of initial training, teachers of transition unit training prior to the practical training of workers, and teachers of training, are required to instructors, instructors, instructors and examiners or evaluators of the training meet the requirements laid down in this order and achieve and maintain the qualification and experience required for the training which, in each Case, go to imparting.
2. In addition, the training provider should establish an internal procedure through which students in training or subject to instruction may have recourse to the outcome of an assessment.
Article 29. Instruction Manual.
1. The training provider instruction manual must contain:
(a) The methodology to be followed in determining the content, organisation and duration of initial training, unit and training plans for instructors, as appropriate, including the form of assessment and implementation of examinations.
(b) The training plans, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and in Annex I, paragraph 2.
c) The procedures and methods referred to in the previous article.
d) The relationship of training teachers in their different modalities, and their qualifications.
e) A list of examiners or evaluators responsible for the assessment of each type of training and their qualification.
f) A declaration signed by the chief training officer in which he is accredited that the course meets the requirements required in this order.
g) A statement, signed by the responsible manager, confirming that the instruction manual collects the compliance of the training provider with the required requirements and procedures.
In Annex I, paragraph 2, the structure that the instruction manual must have is established.
2. The instruction manual will allow the training provider to certify that:
a) The proposed course provides appropriate training for students in training or subjects to be educated to achieve the intended objectives.
b) The program of the course contains the appropriate methodology, organization and duration. It will include the rules for organising examinations and assessments.
For initial training, these programmes will expressly provide for the provider's validation policy, whereby aeronautical professionals with specific training will be exempted from among other pilots, engineers or technical engineers, to exceed that part or parts of the courses in which the training provided coincides with that already acquired by the aeronautical professional for the performance of his duties.
c) The equipment is suitable for the proposed training course.
d) The training provider has the appropriate procedures to ensure that the course meets the established requirements.
e) The training provider maintains documented changes that affect courses, whether temporary or permanent, as well as the reasons that led to those changes.
Article 30. Preservation of documentation.
1. Documents showing that the training or training of the pupils and subjects have completed satisfactorily the training in question must be kept by the training provider by means of backups.
2. The training provider must keep and guard all training and evaluation documents of trainees or trainees for the five years following the end of the course in question, according to the the relevant procedure, and shall be provided to the State Aviation Safety Agency when required.
Article 31. Maintenance and review of courses and training plans.
1. Training providers should have appropriate procedures in place to maintain and review, at least annually, courses and training plans, in order to ensure that training meets the requirements set out in the Royal Decree. 1516/2009, dated October 2, and in this order.
2. The analysis of the courses and training plans will be carried out with the following methods:
a) Tracking the progress of students in training or subject to instruction, in order to identify additional skills or knowledge that may be imparted in the course.
(b) Consultation with certified air traffic control service providers, with the exception of cases involving unit training and continuing training providers which are jointly certified as Air traffic service providers and training providers.
c) By consulting the sector not referred to in the previous section.
Article 32. Content of the basic initial training plan.
Basic initial training plans must contain the materials to be delivered, based on the requirements for obtaining the air traffic controller student licence, provided for in Royal Decree 1516/2009, of 2 October.
The minimum content to be developed by these training plans is as set out in Annex I, paragraph 4.
Article 33. Content of the initial enablement training plan.
Initial enablement training plans shall be in accordance with the minimum content, as appropriate, set out in Annex I, paragraph 5.
Article 34. Content of the drive training plan.
1. An air traffic control unit must have a unit training plan containing, in particular, a description of the means to achieve the training objectives set for that unit.
2. Unit training is subdivided into two phases: transition, prior to the practical training of work and practical training of work, as described in Annex I, paragraph 3.
3. The unit training plans should detail the procedures and schedule necessary to enable the application of the procedures of a unit to an area under the supervision of an instructor.
4. The unit training plan will be fully documented, indicating:
a) The objectives of the training.
b) The training procedures that will enable these objectives to be achieved.
c) The evaluation procedure by which the progress of the subjects to training or instruction will be qualified.
d) The procedure by which the unit training will be valued as successful.
5. The training provider shall demonstrate that the student subject to instruction has achieved the objectives set for the first stage of training before being allowed to start the next stage.
6. The unit training plan shall take into account the basic structure set out in Annex I, paragraph 3.
Article 35. Training plan for instructors.
The instructor training provider shall establish a training plan for instructors in which the subjects listed in Annex I, paragraph 6 are included.
Article 36. Unit training plan.
1. In the unit training plan the training provider, in addition to the provisions of Article 19.1 of Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, shall include the requirements for the annual maintenance of the unit notes in force, specifying the minimum number of hours of work to do to maintain the unit log, as well as the maximum time at which a controller that does not perform services on the drive can maintain the drive log.
2. The temporary values referred to above shall be reasonably justified in the unit training plan, being subscribed to by the operational maximum of the training provider.
Single additional disposition. Unit training in cases of replacement in the performance of operational air traffic control functions by reason of age.
1. The replacement in the performance of operational functions of air traffic control by reason of age shall be preceded by a transitional period for the practical training of the air traffic controller or the student controller of the air traffic controller. air traffic that is to replace the controller that ceases by age.
2. The air traffic service provider shall communicate to air traffic controllers that they must cease in the performance of operational air traffic control functions for reasons of age, the date of the start of the transition period, with an advance of at least 30 days.
The transition period will have the appropriate duration to ensure the training of the controller or student controller who will assume his/her duties and ensure continuity and security in the delivery of the service.
3. During the transition period, air traffic controllers who are to cease in their operational functions whose licence contains an instructor annotation, in addition to carrying out their operational functions, are required to instruct them in training. working practice to the air traffic controller or air traffic controller who is to assume his duties.
In another case, they must provide all their collaboration to facilitate the training of the air traffic controller or air traffic controller who will assume their duties, avoiding any conduct that may obstruct them, make it difficult or to delay.
First transient disposition. Students subject to training or instruction from non-certified training providers.
The State Aviation Safety Agency will recognise the training provided by non-certified training providers currently providing training services and those who continue to provide such services. during the year following the entry into force of this order.
Air traffic controller licences issued by the State Aviation Safety Agency on the basis of the training provided by the training providers referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be redeemed in accordance with the requirements and procedures laid down in the resolution of the State Aviation Safety Agency provided for in the first paragraph of Article 15 (1) of Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October for the exchange of licences, ratings and a log issued by the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation under Royal Decree 3/1998, January 9, on the civil aviation professional title and air traffic controller license.
Second transient disposition. Certification of training providers with ongoing promotions.
The training, instruction and evaluation of air traffic controllers and student controllers during the period established by the fourth transitional provision of Royal Decree 1516/2009, of 2 October, may be considered by the State Aviation Safety Agency to be suitable for obtaining the licences, ratings and endorsements provided for in Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, provided that the provider of training provided by the certified by the State Aviation Safety Agency within that period and the training plan as to which a significant part of the training, instruction and assessment has been carried out is in accordance with the provisions of this order.
Transitional provision third. Air traffic controllers of cessation age in the performance of operational functions at the entry into force of this order.
Air traffic controllers who, for a transitional period of 8 months after the entry into force of this order, have left or are to cease to perform operational functions on account of age, shall carry out actions are necessary to ensure that the process of replacement and training of the controller or student controller who is required to assume his/her duties is safe, effective and guaranteed in the continuity of the service, without in any case such actions Transitional measures may be extended beyond the abovementioned 8-month period.
Final disposition first. Amendment of Order FOM/896/2010 of 6 April 2010 regulating the requirement of linguistic competence.
Article 12.1 of Order FOM/896/2010 of 6 April, which regulates the requirement of linguistic competence, is worded as follows:
" 1. The level of linguistic competence may be assessed by pilots or air traffic controllers who have the expert level (6) of language proficiency in the language in which they are to be evaluated, and the teachers of the air traffic controllers. languages which have received the specific training provided for in Article 13.
However, pilots or air traffic controllers who have the advanced level (5) in the language in which they are to be evaluated may act as an operational level evaluator (4). "
Final disposition second. Execution and application.
The State Aviation Safety Agency shall, in the field of its powers, adopt the necessary resolutions for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this order and shall establish the procedures and the monitoring questionnaires. required in connection with obtaining the training provider certificate.
Final disposition third. Aeronautical circulars.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, acting on a proposal from the State Aviation Safety Agency, may modify the contents of the annexes to this order, adapting it to the requirements that are applicable to the application as a result of the entry into force of European legislation or of international agreements or treaties of which the Spanish State is party, in accordance with the procedure and with the limits provided for in Article 8 of Law 21/2003, of 7 July, Air Safety.
Final disposition fourth. Entry into force.
This order will take effect the day following your publication in the "Official State Bulletin".
Madrid, July 5, 2010. -Minister of Development José Blanco López.
ANNEX I
Request requirements, instruction manual, training plans, and certification treatment
| Subject |
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1 | Minimum documentation to be contributed to the certification request |
2 | Instruction manual. |
3 | Basic content of the plan generic unit training |
4 | Basic initial training plan content |
5 | Content of the initial enablement training plan. |
6 | Instructor training plan content. |
1. Minimum documentation to be provided in the application for certification. -In addition to the application, the data subject must provide the following documentation:
a) A statement signed by the Director General (responsible manager or equivalent position) confirming that the organization's description and all associated referenced documentation ensures compliance with the organisation with the requirements set out in Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October. It shall also be established that the organisation shall provide any information necessary for its assessment.
b) The charges and names of the directors of the organization.
(c) The obligations and responsibilities of those directors in relation to the implementation of the requirements set out in Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October.
d) A diagram of the organization showing the chain of responsibility in the areas covered by the requirements set out in Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October.
e) A general description of human resources.
f) A general description of the organization's facilities.
g) A detailed description of the scope of the relevant organization's work in relation to the requested certificate.
h) The organizational change notification procedure in the organization.
i) The procedure for amendments of the information provided in the organization's description, and,
j) A complete description of the means and arrangements established by the organisation to comply with the requirements set out in Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October, including detailed references of the principal documents and manuals that document them.
2. Instruction manual.-The instruction manual developed by the training provider must meet the requirements set out in this section.
The document must be written, with the numbered paragraphs and pages following the sequence below:
Cover:
a) Name of the training provider and, if different, name (s) and address (s) of the training centre (s) for which the application applies;
b) Title of the proposal;
c) Version number;
d) Date of the document.
Introduction: The training provider must provide a course development guide with details of the staff involved, including operational support from air navigation service providers or any other professional resource. The following information must be included:
a) The proposed course start date.
b) Teaching objective of the course.
c) Number of courses planned per year.
(d) The maximum and minimum number of students or subjects to be trained or instructed per course.
e) Number of available simulator positions per course.
f) Number of simulation hours per pupil.
g) Number of simulation exercises per pupil.
Compliance: The training provider must show compliance with the requirements set out in Royal Decree 1516/2009, October 2 and in this order. In addition, the exposure shall contain the signed declarations provided for in points (f) and (g) of Article 29.1.
The instruction manual must contain, as applicable:
a) Initial training, unit training, unit training, and instructor training plans.
b) A class schedule and practical exercises for the course, including details on personal study of students subject to training or instruction. The schedule should also collect the meetings with the students subject to training or instruction regarding the simulation exercises.
The above schedule should allow the State Aviation Safety Agency to identify the contribution of each of the lessons in the course, either theoretical or practical, in order to determine if the lessons are met. requirements set in this order.
c) The planning of the lessons, showing the content of the lessons, their objective, and the methods used for the evaluation of the students subject to training or instruction.
d) Details of the simulation exercises, showing how the complexity and density of traffic is increased as the course takes place, as well as the objectives of the exercise.
e) The assessment plan, collecting some representative examples of evaluations.
Staff: The following details regarding the staff involved in the courses should be collected:
a) Name.
b) Course materials in which the instructional staff will be involved, showing whether they will be focused on theoretical, practical training or both.
c) Additional responsibilities with respect to the course or other courses, such as designation of course manager.
d) Experience in course development.
e) Designation of the Chief Training Officer, his or her data and his/her responsibilities regarding the instruction.
f) Any other relevant information.
3. Basic content of the drive training plan.
Scope: The unit training plan should have a basic structure containing the precise minimums to meet the approval criteria of the State Aviation Safety Agency as outlined below, considers useful in the certification process of the unit training providers, although it does not determine the structure of the unit training plan or the procedure for its development.
Drive training plan content:
a) Introduction and content pages.
b) Generic drive training plan.
c) Section 1: Organization of personnel training and responsibilities.
d) Section 2: Structure of the training plan and calendars.
e) Section 3: Training in exceptional circumstances and air emergencies.
f) Section 4: Assessments.
g) Section 5: Training records.
This section would include all of the training records of each of the students subject to instruction and cover all phases of the unit training plan. Records and assessments of all these phases would need to be in a common format.
Description of the phases that make up the Unit Training Plan:
(a) Stage of transition prior to practical training: consisting of a theoretical part that will aim to deepen the knowledge that the student has, subject to instruction on subjects such as the Regulation of the Air Circulation or equivalent, and of any other legislation of a general nature whose knowledge is indispensable in relation to the annotation of the unit requested, as well as those specific matters relating to the field of the privileges and responsibilities conferred on the unit.
It may exist, depending on the complexity of the unit in question, a part that will be developed in a simulator, and will aim to familiarize the student subject to instruction with the use of radar, equipment and procedures. operational, so that sufficient training and pre-competitive training is acquired at the end of the practical implementation with real traffic.
At the end of this phase, the student subject to instruction must pass an evaluation process.
b) Practical training phase: During this phase, the student subject to instruction will provide, in a real operational environment, the control service that corresponds to the unit to which the future annotation applies, always under the supervision of an instructor.
The learner subject to instruction must pass a final evaluation to gain access to the drive annotation.
4. Content of the basic initial training plan. The basic initial training plan shall contain the following subjects:
a) Introduction to the course.
b) Aviation law.
c) Air traffic management, including civil and military coordination procedures.
d) Meteorology.
e) Navigation.
f) Aircraft and principles of flight, including understanding between the air traffic controller and the pilot.
g) Human factors.
h) Teams and systems.
i) Professional environment.
j) Security and security culture
k) Security management systems.
l) Unusual and emergency situations.
m) Degraded systems.
n) Language knowledge, including radiotelephonic phraseology.
o) National security procedures for civil aviation.
Below are the contents that each of the subjects must contain:
a) Introduction to the course:
I. Course management.
II. Introduction to the ATC training course.
III. Introduction to the future of the air traffic controller.
IV. Conditions of the service.
V. Physical security.
b) Aviation Law:
I. Introduction.
II. International organizations.
III. National organisations.
IV. National and international legislation.
c) Air traffic management:
I. Air traffic management.
II. Radio-telephony.
III. ATC authorizations and instructions.
IV. Coordination.
V. Altimetry and allocation of flight levels.
VI. Methods of separation of aircraft and minimums.
VII. Avoidance of collisions and safety nets.
VIII. Viewing data.
d) Meteorology:
I. Introduction.
II. Atmosphere.
III. Atmospheric processes.
IV. Weather events.
V. Application of meteorological information.
e) Navigation:
I. Introduction.
II. The Earth.
III. Aeronautical maps and charts.
IV. Navigation applied.
V. Radio navigation.
f) Aircraft:
I. Introduction.
II. Principles of flight.
III. Aviation engines.
IV. Flight instruments.
V. Categories and types of aircraft.
VI. Factors affecting the performance of aircraft.
VII. Aircraft data.
VIII. Understanding between the air traffic controller and the pilot.
g) Human factors:
I. Introduction.
II. Human behaviors.
III. Human errors.
IV. Communication.
V. Work environment.
h) Teams and systems:
I. General.
II. Radio.
III. Other voice communication systems.
IV. Radar.
V. Surface movement control and guidance system (SMGCS).
VI. Automatic dependent surveillance.
VII. Future equipment.
VIII. Computerization.
IX. Automation in the provision of air navigation services.
X. Job positions.
i) Professional environment:
I. Familiarization.
II. Airspace users.
III. Relationship to the clients.
IV. Environmental protection.
j) Security and security culture:
I. Event notification system.
II. Contribution of experience in security management.
III. Security research branch.
k) Security management systems.
I. Air collision detection systems. "ACAS".
II. Earth collision detection systems. "SAFETY NETS".
l) Unusual and emergency situations:
I. Improving skills.
II. Procedures in unusual and emergency situations.
m) Degraded systems:
I. Communication equipment degradation.
II. Navigation equipment degradation.
n) Language knowledge:
I. Radiotelephonic phraseology.
(o) National civil aviation security procedures:
I. Physical protection of air navigation facilities, determination of levels of protection and designation of critical infrastructure:
II. Data protection and aeronautical information.
III. Measures to be taken in the event of a warning of explosive or illegal seizure of aircraft.
5. Content of the initial enablement training plan. -The initial enablement training plan shall develop the enablement and rating endorsements contained in Royal Decree 1516/2009 of 2 October.
For the elaboration of the training plan and for each of the aforementioned ratings, the following subjects and skills whose development is considered necessary and essential to carry out functions of the training are taken into account air traffic control:
a) Maintain knowledge of the environment and situation.
b) Decision making in control actions.
c) Communication of actions.
d) Provision of planning and coordination actions.
e) Provision of control actions.
f) Provision of relevant information to pilots.
g) Provision of assistance to aircraft in abnormal situations.
h) Provision of tactical air traffic management.
i) Ensure and maintain control position integrity.
j) Mental construction of the scenario and air traffic situation.
k) Appropriate use of flight plan information.
l) Ensure proper coordination.
m) Manage air traffic belonging to the assigned responsibility area.
6. Content of the Training Plan for Instructors. -The Instructor Training Plan must contain the following subjects, based on the training course of the training instructors of Eurocontrol (ATCO Development). Training: OJTI Course):
a) Introduction.
b) The training provider:
I. The initial training plan.
II. The unit training plan.
III. Structure of the unit training.
IV. Regulation.
c) Human factors:
I. Teaching and learning.
II. Teams and interactions between teams.
III. The communication.
IV. The instructor at the job.
V. The stress.
d) Training techniques at the job:
I. The briefing.
II. The demo.
III. The talk through.
IV. Monitoring.
V. The debriefing.
e) Evaluation in the practical training of work:
I. Assessment.
II. Reporting.
ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
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