Appendix 5 a — General guidelines

SYLLABI STRUCTURE This guidance material provides explanatory material on how to read the tables in the appendices contained in Subpart A of the AMC & GM to Part-PERS. Four tables are provided:

(a)Basic training — Shared (Appendix 1a);

(b)Basic training — Streams (Appendix 2a);

(c)Qualification training — Shared (Appendix 3a); and

(d)Qualification training — Streams (Appendix 4a). The tables have the following structure: [Figure or form omitted from this preview — available in the Avioverse workspace library.] Figure 1: Structure of tables

(a)Granularity table (Appendix 4a only) The granularity table indicates the stream(s) with which the objectives are associated. Where objectives are common to multiple streams, it is necessary to only include the objective once in the ATSEP training syllabus.

(b)ATSEP unique objective identifier (UOID) This is a unique identifier for each objective. Where objectives are repeated across multiple streams, the UOID is linked to the parent domain. The structure of the UOID is the following: AREA.DOMAIN.SUBJECT_topic#.subtopic#.objective# An example of a UOID decoding for ATSEP.QLF.SUR.PSR_1.2.1: ATSEP: fixed field that indicates the training area; QLF.SUR.: phase of training (qualification) and domain (surveillance); (Note: basic training uses only ‘BAS’ without a second field); PSR: subject (primary surveillance radar); _1: topic number (PSR); .2: subtopic number (antenna (PSR)); and — .1: objective number (1).

(c)Training objectives Each training objective contains three mandatory elements: Corpus A description of the required performance. It always contains an action verb at the beginning of the sentence to ensure that the outcome is observable. The action verb is always associated with a defined taxonomy. The tables at the end of this section list action verbs and their associated taxonomy levels. Those verbs and levels are used or may be used for training objectives. Taxonomy Level A numerical representation of the classification of the action verb.

(i)Level 1: basic knowledge of the subject. It is the ability to remember essential points, memorise data, and retrieve it.

(ii)Level 2: the ability to understand and discuss the subject matter intelligently in order to describe and act on certain objects and events.

(iii)Level 3: thorough knowledge of the subject and the ability to apply it with accuracy. The ability to make use of the repertoire of knowledge to develop plans and activate them.

(iv)Level 4: the ability to establish a line of action within a unit of known applications by following the correct chronology and the adequate method to resolve a problem situation. This involves integrating known applications into a familiar situation.

(v)Level 5: the ability to analyse new situations in order to elaborate and apply one or another relevant strategy to solve a complex problem. The defining feature is that the situation is qualitatively different to those previously met, requiring judgement and evaluation of options. The content illustrates and details performance. When the items are in a list, each of them is to be addressed as a minimum. ‘e.g.’ is used to indicate optional content. All content following ‘e.g.’ is provided to illustrate the type of content that could be used to meet the objective. When there is no mandatory content, the objective has to be performed according to the action verb. Where content refers to other documents (e.g. ICAO SARPs, EU regulations, etc.), users should take care to use the most recent version(s) of the referenced document(s) or its/their parts.

(d)Domain The domain is indicated through white text on blue background. The following domains are defined: QLF.SHR SHARED (common part for all qualification domains); QLF.COM COMMUNICATION; QLF.NAV NAVIGATION; QLF.SUR SURVEILLANCE; QLF.DPR DATA PROCESSING; and QLF.SMC SYSTEM MONITORING AND CONTROL. In addition, basic training is also considered to be a domain in the tables: BAS BASIC.

(e)Subject The subject is indicated through black text on dark grey background. A subject structures the domain into smaller elements.

(f)Topic The topic is indicated through black text on mid grey background. A topic structures the subject into smaller elements.

(g)Subtopic The subtopic is indicated through black text on light grey background. A subtopic structures the topic into smaller elements.

(h)Action verbs The tables below list action verbs and their associated taxonomy levels that are used in training objectives. Definition of verbs — Level 1

Definition of verbs — Level 2

Definition of verbs — Level 3

Definition of verbs — Level 4

Definition of verbs — Level 5

(i)Acronyms The following abbreviations are used in the tables: