ATCO.D.005 Types of ATC training and
relevant courses
Initial Training
Nota:
initial training, leading to the issue of a student air traffic controller licence or to the issue
of an additional rating and, if applicable, rating endorsement
Basic Training
Nota:
theoretical and practical training designed to impart fundamental
knowledge and practical skills related to basic operational procedures
Rating
Training
Nota:
theoretical and practical training designed to impart knowledge and
practical skills related to a specific rating and, if applicable, to rating
endorsement
ADV
ADI
AIR
Nota:
Air Control
GMC
Nota:
Ground Movement Control
TWR
GMS
Nota:
Ground Movement Surveillance
RAD
Nota:
Aerodrome Radar Control
APP
ACP
OCN
ACS
TCL
Nota:
Terminal Control Endorsement
OCN
Nota:
Oceanic Control (OCN) endorsement
APS
PAR
SRA
TCL
Unit Training
Nota:
unit training, leading to the issue of an air traffic controller licence, the issue of a rating
endorsement, the validation of rating(s) or rating endorsement(s) and/or the issue or
renewal of a unit endorsement
Transitional Training
Nota:
transitional training phase, designed primarily to impart knowledge and
understanding of site-specific operational procedures and task-specific aspects;
OJT
Nota:
on-the-job training phase, which is the final phase of unit training during which
previously acquired job-related routines and skills are integrated in practice under
the supervision of a qualified on-the-job training instructor in a live traffic situation.
Pre-OJT
Nota:
unit endorsement(s) that require the handling of
complex and dense traffic situations, a pre-on-the-job training phase is required to
enhance the previously acquired rating routines and skills and to prepare for live
traffic situations which may be encountered in that unit;
Continuation
Training
Nota:
continuation training, designed to maintain the validity of the endorsements of the licence,
Refresher Training
Nota:
Refresher training shall be designed to review, reinforce or enhance the existing knowledge and
skills of air traffic controllers to provide a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic and shall
contain at least
Conversion training shall be designed to provide knowledge and skills appropriate to a change in
the operational environment and shall be provided by training organisations when the safety
assessment of the change concludes the need for such training.