ATCO.D.055 Unit training plan

GENERAL Guidance for the development of unit training plans can be found in EUROCONTROL’s documents ‘Guidelines for the Development of Unit Training Plans’, Edition number 1.0, dated 31.08.2005 and ‘Annex to the Guidelines for the Development of Unit Training Plans: Examples of UTP’, Edition 2.0, dated 10.06.2010.

UNIT TRAINING PLAN FOR A REMOTE TOWER CENTRE For the purpose of establishing a unit training plan, a ‘remote tower centre’ (RTC) (defined in the EASA ‘Guidance Material on remote aerodrome air traffic services’ — Issue 2) may be considered as one Air Traffic Control (ATC) unit. The unit training plan of an RTC should include the list of the unit endorsement courses for all aerodromes which the RTC is providing service to.

TRAINING METHODS Training organisations should consider a variety of methods when conducting training leading to a unit endorsement. Although this list is not exhaustive, such methods could be: on-the-job; lecture; lesson/demonstration; case study; computer-based practical exercise; exercise; facilitation; group work; hands-on; interactive training; supervised practices; part-task practice; individual simulation; team simulation; group simulation; briefing/debriefing; structured briefing; structured debriefing; virtual classroom; role play; skill acquisition; self-study; self-test; resilience training.

DURATION OF UNIT ENDORSEMENT COURSES

(a)The on-the-job training instruction as part of the unit endorsement course should be at least of the duration specified in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(b).

(b)The ratings named in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(b), should be read in the context of this Regulation:

(1)aerodrome control rating: ADV and ADI ratings;

(2)approach control procedural rating: APP rating;

(3)approach control surveillance rating: APS rating;

(4)area control procedural rating: ACP rating;

(5)area control surveillance rating: ACS rating.

(c)The approach precision radar control rating in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(b), should be read in the context of this Regulation as APS-PAR rating endorsement according to ATCO.B.015. [applicable until 3 August 2024 - ED Decision 2015/010/R]

DURATION OF UNIT ENDORSEMENT COURSES

(a)The on-the-job training instruction as part of the unit endorsement course should be at least of the duration specified in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Sections 4.5.2.2.1(b) and (c) and 4.5.2.2.3.

(b)Notwithstanding point (a), the minimum duration of the on-the-job training instruction for the surveillance radar approach rating endorsement may be partly substituted by utilising a simulator, if approved by the competent authority.

(c)The approach precision radar control rating in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(b), should be read in the context of this Regulation as APS-PAR rating endorsement according to point ATCO.B.015.

(d)The inclusion of surveillance radar approach duties in the privileges of the approach control surveillance rating in Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention, Section 4.5.2.2.1(c), should be read in the context of this Regulation as APS-SRA rating endorsement according to point ATCO.B.015. [applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]

ADAPTING THE UNIT ENDORSEMENT COURSE(S) When an applicant already holds the same rating for another unit, the training organisation may determine whether the unit endorsement course can be reduced, and if so, to what extent. [applicable from 4 August 2024 - ED Decision 2023/011/R]

DESIRABLE BEHAVIOURS FOR ABNORMAL AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

(a)Training organisations should establish desirable behaviours for the identified abnormal and emergency situations and associate them with established procedures.

(b)Desirable behaviours of the applicants in case of abnormal or emergency situations may be of technical or non-technical nature.