Flight Instructor Rating (FIR)
- Gold Coast ● Lismore
- Minimum 12 weeks full time: 30 hours per week (domestic)
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Passing the Flight Instructor Rating and Grade 3 Endorsement test allows you to instruct someone for specific pilot authorisations. This addition to your licence is required if you wish to work as a Flight Instructor within a Flight Training School. It also can be a beneficial rating within the Airline Check and Training Career pathway.
The Flight Instructor course is an approved program that combines ground theory with practical flight training in a structured course designed to be completed within a 12 – week period. Theory training is delivered parallel to the practical training. All practical units of this course are delivered “face to face” at Airways Aviation Education training bases approved for that purpose. A range of teaching and learning strategies include but are not limited to:
Practical Flight Training:
- Demonstrate
- Direct
- Monitor
- ReadBack
Mutual Flight Theory:
- practical skill tasks and tests
- lectures / briefings
- guided group discussions
- home based assignments
- activities in simulated work environments
- supervised practice – the training and assessment is set out in 4 Modules, with a key milestone in modules 1 and 4.
COURSE DETAILS & ASSESSMENT
Our Airways Aviation assessment policy ensures only appropriately qualified and competent staff deliver and assess courses. Effective assessment is achieved through a collective team approach with direct involvement from the student, their primary instructor for each module, the Head of Operations, Chief Flying Instructor and Flight Examiners.
Flight Training
*You will complete a minimum of 45 hours flight training which includes at least:
- 45hrs of Flight Training
- Spin Endorsement
- Design Feature Training Endorsement
Training Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Cessna 182
Theory Training
*Diploma of Aviation FIR theory training covers:
- Flight Training Briefings (100hrs)
- Principle and Methods of Instruction Briefings
- PIRC Exam
*This course is currently being reviewed; therefore, the content may change.
Contact our Admissions Team for an information pack and start dates.
Prerequisites
Entry Requirement
- At least 18 years old to undertake a flight test.
- Valid Class 1 Medical.
- CASA Commercial Pilots Licence (A)
- At least 200 hours of flight time as pilot & 100 hours flight time as pilot in command.
For aeroplanes, you can commence the instructor rating course before being issued with your licence if you have:
- Completed your CPL with an aeroplane category rating in an integrated training course and
- Passed the flight test for the grant of the licence with an aeroplane category rating.