ATCO.C.045 Assessor privileges

(a)A person shall only carry out assessments when he/she holds an assessor endorsement.

(b)Holders of an assessor endorsement are authorised to carry out assessments:

(1)during initial training for the issue of a student air traffic controller licence or for the issue of a new rating and/or rating endorsement, if applicable;

(2)of previous competence for the purpose of ATCO.B.001(d) and ATCO.B.010(b);

(3)of student air traffic controllers for the issue of a unit endorsement and rating endorsements, if applicable;

(4)of air traffic controllers for the issue of a unit endorsement and rating endorsements, if applicable, as well as for revalidation and renewal of a unit endorsement;

(5)of applicant practical instructors or applicant assessors when compliance with the requirements of point (d)(2) to (4) is ensured.

(c)Holders of an assessor endorsement shall only exercise the privileges of the endorsement if they have:

(1)at least two years' experience in the rating and rating endorsement(s) they will assess in; and

(2)demonstrated knowledge of current operational practices.

(d)In addition to the requirements set out in point (c), holders of an assessor endorsement shall only exercise the privileges of the endorsement:

(1)for assessments leading to the issue, revalidation and renewal of a unit endorsement, if they also hold the unit endorsement associated with the assessment for an immediately preceding period of at least one year;

(2)for assessing the competence of an applicant for the issue or renewal of an STDI endorsement, if they hold an STDI or OJTI endorsement and have exercised the privileges of that endorsement for at least three years;

(3)for assessing the competence of an applicant for the issue or renewal of an OJTI endorsement, if they hold an OJTI endorsement and have exercised the privileges of that endorsement for at least three years;

(4)for assessing the competence of an applicant for the issue or renewal of an assessor endorsement, if they have exercised the privileges of the assessor endorsement for at least three years.

(e)When assessing for the purpose of issue and renewal of a unit endorsement, and for ensuring supervision on the operational working position, the assessor shall also hold an OJTI endorsement, or an OJTI holding the valid unit endorsement associated with the assessment shall be present. [applicable until 3 August 2024 - Regulation (EU) 2015/340]

(a)A person shall only carry out assessments when he or she holds an assessor endorsement.

(b)Holders of an assessor endorsement are authorised to carry out assessments:

(1)during initial training for the issue of a student air traffic controller licence or for the issue of a new rating and/or rating endorsement, if applicable;

(2)of previous competence for the purpose of points ATCO.B.001(d), ATCO.B.005(e) and ATCO.B.010(b);

(3)of student air traffic controllers for the issue of a unit endorsement and rating endorsement(s), if applicable;

(4)of air traffic controllers for the issue of a unit endorsement and rating endorsement(s), if applicable, as well as for revalidation and renewal of a unit endorsement;

(5)of applicant practical instructors or applicant assessors when compliance with the applicable requirements of points (d)(2) to (4) is ensured.

(c)Holders of an assessor endorsement shall only exercise the privileges of the endorsement if they have:

(1)at least 2 years’ experience in the rating and rating endorsement(s) they will assess; and

(2)demonstrated knowledge of current operational practices.

(d)In addition to the requirements set out in point (c), holders of an assessor endorsement shall only exercise the privileges of the endorsement:

(1)for assessments leading to the issue, revalidation and renewal of a unit endorsement if they also hold the unit endorsement associated with the assessment for an immediately preceding period of at least 1 year;

(2)for assessing the competence of an applicant for the issue or renewal of an STDI endorsement, if they hold an STDI or OJTI endorsement and have exercised the privileges of that endorsement for at least 3 years;

(3)for assessing the competence of an applicant for the issue or renewal of an OJTI endorsement if they hold an OJTI endorsement and have exercised the privileges of that endorsement for at least 3 years;

(4)for assessing the competence of an applicant for the issue or renewal of an assessor endorsement if they have exercised the privileges of the assessor endorsement for at least 3 years.

(e)When assessing for the purpose of issue and renewal of a unit endorsement, and for ensuring supervision on the operational working position, the assessor shall also hold an OJTI endorsement, or an OJTI holding the valid unit endorsement associated with the assessment shall be present. [applicable from 4 August 2024 - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/893]