Commission Regulation (EU) No 805/2011 (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER II U.K. LICENCES, RATINGS AND ENDORSEMENTS

Article 5 U.K. Application for and issue of licences, ratings and endorsements

1. An application for the issue, revalidation or renewal of licences, associated ratings and/or endorsements shall be submitted to the competent authority in accordance with the procedure established by that authority.

2. The application shall be accompanied by evidence that the applicant is competent to act as an air traffic controller or as a student air traffic controller in accordance with the requirements established in this Regulation. The evidence demonstrating the applicant’s competence shall relate to knowledge, experience, skills and linguistic proficiency.

3. The licence shall contain all relevant information related to the privileges granted by such document and shall comply with the specifications set out in Annex I.

4. The licence shall remain the property of the person to whom it is granted and who shall sign it.

Article 6 U.K. Suspension and revocation of licences, ratings and endorsements

In accordance with Article 22(2):

(a)

a licence, rating or endorsement may be suspended when the competence of the air traffic controller is in doubt or in cases of misconduct;

(b)

a licence may be revoked in cases of gross negligence or abuse.

Article 7 U.K. Exercise of the privileges of licences

The exercise of the privileges granted by a licence shall be dependent on the validity of the ratings, endorsements and of the medical certificate.

Article 8 U.K. Student air traffic controller licence

1. Holders of a student air traffic controller licence shall be authorised to provide air traffic control services under the supervision of an on-the-job-training instructor in accordance with the rating(s) and rating endorsement(s) contained in their licence.

2. Applicants for the issue of a student air traffic controller licence shall:

(a) be at least 18 years old;

(b) hold at least a diploma granting access to university or equivalent, or any other secondary education qualification, which enables them to complete air traffic controller training;

(c) have successfully completed approved initial training relevant to the rating, and if applicable, to the rating endorsement, as set out in Part A of Annex II;

(d) hold a valid medical certificate;

(e) have demonstrated an adequate level of language proficiency in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 13.

3. The student air traffic controller licence shall contain the language endorsement(s) and at least one rating and if applicable, one rating endorsement.

Article 9 U.K. Air traffic controller licence

1. Holders of an air traffic controller licence shall be authorised to provide air traffic control services in accordance with the ratings and endorsements in their licence.

2. The privileges of an air traffic controller licence shall include the privileges of a student air traffic controller licence as set out in Article 8(1).

3. Applicants for the issue of an air traffic controller licence shall:

(a) be at least 21 years old. However, Member States may provide a lower age limit in duly justified cases;

(b) hold a student air traffic controller licence;

(c) have completed an approved unit training plan and successfully passed the appropriate examinations or assessments in accordance with the requirements set out in Part B of Annex II;

(d) hold a valid medical certificate;

(e) have demonstrated an adequate level of language proficiency in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 13.

4. The air traffic controller licence shall be validated by the inclusion of one or more ratings and the relevant rating, unit and language endorsements for which training was successfully completed.

Article 10 U.K. Air traffic controller ratings

1. Licences shall contain one or more of the following ratings in order to indicate the type of service which the licence holder is authorised to provide:

(a) the Aerodrome Control Visual (ADV) rating, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide an air traffic control service to aerodrome traffic at an aerodrome that has no published instrument approach or departure procedures;

(b) the Aerodrome Control Instrument (ADI) rating, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide an air traffic control service to aerodrome traffic at an aerodrome that has published instrument approach or departure procedures and shall be accompanied by at least one of the rating endorsements described in Article 11(1);

(c) the Approach Control Procedural (APP) rating, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide an air traffic control service to arriving, departing or transiting aircraft without the use of surveillance equipment;

(d) the Approach Control Surveillance (APS) rating, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide an air traffic control service to arriving, departing or transiting aircraft with the use of surveillance equipment and shall be accompanied by at least one of the rating endorsements described in Article 11(2);

(e) the Area Control Procedural (ACP) rating, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide an air traffic control service to aircraft without the use of surveillance equipment;

(f) the Area Control Surveillance (ACS) rating, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide an air traffic control service to aircraft with the use of surveillance equipment and shall be accompanied by at least one of the rating endorsements described in Article 11(3).

2. The holder of a rating who has not exercised the privileges associated with that rating for any period of four consecutive years may only commence unit training in that rating after appropriate assessment as to whether the person concerned continues to satisfy the conditions of that rating, and after satisfying any training requirements that result from this assessment.

Article 11 U.K. Rating endorsements

1. The Aerodrome Control Instrument (ADI) rating shall bear at least one of the following endorsements:

(a) the Tower Control (TWR) endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide control services where aerodrome control is provided from one working position;

(b) the Ground Movement Control (GMC) endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide ground movement control;

(c) the Ground Movement Surveillance (GMS) endorsement, granted in addition to the Ground Movement Control endorsement or Tower Control endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide ground movement control with the help of aerodrome surface movement guidance systems;

(d) the Air Control (AIR) endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide air control;

(e) the Aerodrome Radar Control (RAD) endorsement, granted in addition to the Air Control endorsement or Tower Control endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide aerodrome control with the help of surveillance radar equipment.

2. The Approach Control Surveillance (APS) rating shall bear at least one of the following endorsements:

(a) the Radar (RAD) endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide an approach control service with the use of primary and/or secondary radar equipment;

(b) the Precision Approach Radar (PAR) endorsement, granted in addition to the Radar endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder of the licence is competent to provide ground-controlled precision approaches with the use of precision approach radar equipment to aircraft on the final approach to the runway;

(c) the Surveillance Radar Approach (SRA) endorsement, granted in addition to the Radar endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide ground-controlled non-precision approaches with the use of surveillance equipment to aircraft on the final approach to the runway;

(d) the Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS) endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide an approach control service with the use of automatic dependent surveillance;

(e) the Terminal Control (TCL) endorsement, granted in addition to the Radar or Automatic Dependent Surveillance endorsements, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide air traffic control services with the use of any surveillance equipment to aircraft operating in a specified terminal area and/or adjacent sectors.

3. The Area Control Surveillance (ACS) rating shall bear at least one of the following endorsements:

(a) the Radar (RAD) endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide area control services with the use of surveillance radar equipment;

(b) the Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS) endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide area control services with the use of automatic dependent surveillance;

(c) the Terminal Control (TCL) endorsement, granted in addition to the Radar or Automatic Dependent Surveillance endorsements, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide air traffic control services with the use of any surveillance equipment to aircraft operating in a specified terminal area and/or adjacent sectors;

(d) the Oceanic Control (OCN) endorsement, which shall indicate that the holder is competent to provide air traffic control services to aircraft operating in an Oceanic Control Area.

4. The holder of a rating endorsement who has not exercised the privileges associated with that rating endorsement for any period of four consecutive years may only commence unit training in that rating endorsement after appropriate assessment as to whether the person concerned continues to satisfy the conditions of that rating endorsement, and after satisfying any training requirements that result from this assessment.

Article 12 U.K. Unit endorsements

1. The unit endorsement shall indicate that the licence holder is competent to provide air traffic control services for a particular sector, group of sectors or working positions under the responsibility of an air traffic services unit.

2. Unit endorsements shall be valid for an initial period of 12 months.

3. The validity of unit endorsements shall be extended for a subsequent period of 12 months beyond the period provided for in paragraph 2 if the air navigation service provider demonstrates to the competent authority that:

(a) the applicant has been exercising the privileges of the licence for a minimum number of hours, as indicated in the approved unit competence scheme, throughout the previous 12 months.

(b) the applicant’s competence has been assessed in accordance with Part C of Annex II and

(c) the applicant holds a valid medical certificate.

For the application of point (a) of the first subparagraph, operational units within air navigation service providers shall keep records of the hours effectively worked in the sectors, group of sectors or in the working positions for every licence holder working in the unit and shall provide that data to the competent authorities and to the licence holder on request.

4. The minimum number of working hours, leaving aside instruction tasks, required to maintain the validity of the unit endorsement may be reduced for on-the-job training instructors in proportion to the time spent instructing on the working positions for which the extension is applied, as indicated in the approved unit competence scheme.

5. Where unit endorsements cease to be valid, a unit training plan shall be successfully completed so as to revalidate the endorsement.

Article 13 U.K. Language endorsement

1. Air traffic controllers and student air traffic controllers shall not exercise the privileges of their licence unless they have an English language endorsement.

2. Member States may impose local language requirements when deemed necessary for reasons of safety.

Such requirements shall be non-discriminatory, proportionate and transparent and shall be notified to the Agency without delay.

3. For the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2 the applicant for a language endorsement shall demonstrate at least an operational level (level four) of language proficiency both in the use of phraseology and plain language.

To do so, the applicant shall:

(a) communicate effectively in voice-only (telephone/radiotelephone) and in face-to-face situations;

(b) communicate on common, concrete and work-related topics with accuracy and clarity;

(c) use appropriate communicative strategies to exchange messages and to recognise and resolve misunderstandings in a general or work-related context;

(d) handle successfully and with relative ease the linguistic challenges presented by a complication or unexpected turn of events that occurs within the context of a routine work situation or communicative task with which they are otherwise familiar and

(e) use a dialect or accent which is intelligible to the aeronautical community.

4. The language proficiency level shall be determined in accordance with the rating scale set out in Annex III.

5. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, extended level (level five) of the language proficiency rating scale set out in Annex III in application of paragraphs 1 and 2 may be required by the air navigation service provider, where the operational circumstances of the particular rating or endorsement warrant a higher level for imperative reasons of safety. Such a requirement shall be non-discriminatory, proportionate, transparent and objectively justified by the air navigation service provider wishing to apply the higher level of proficiency and approved by the competent authority.

6. The language proficiency of the applicant shall be formally evaluated at regular intervals.

Except for applicants that have demonstrated language proficiency at an expert level (level six) in accordance with Annex III, the language endorsement shall be valid for a renewable period of:

(a) three years if the level demonstrated is operational level (level four) in accordance with Annex III or

(b) six years if the level demonstrated is extended level (level five) in accordance with Annex III.

7. Language proficiency shall be demonstrated by a certificate issued after a transparent and objective assessment procedure approved by the competent authority.

Article 14 U.K. Instructor endorsement

1. Holders of an instructor endorsement shall be authorised to provide on-the-job training and supervision at a working position for areas covered by a valid unit endorsement.

2. Applicants for the issue of an instructor endorsement shall:

(a) hold an air traffic controller licence;

(b) have exercised the privileges of an air traffic controller licence for an immediately preceding period of at least one year, or such longer duration as is fixed by the competent authority having regard to the ratings and endorsements for which instruction is given and

(c) have successfully completed an approved on-the-job training instructor course during which the required knowledge and pedagogical skills were assessed through appropriate examinations.

3. The instructor endorsement shall be valid for a renewable period of three years.