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The view from my seat.<\/p><\/div>\n

CLASS 4 INSTRUCTOR RATING COURSE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Class 4 Instructor Rating is one of the more common routes to your first job.\u00a0 It is added to your Commercial Pilot Licence and allows you to teach flying while working under supervision at a flying school.\u00a0 You cannot freelance or work without supervision until you accumulate enough experience to upgrade to a Class 3 rating.<\/p>\n

It is said that the instructor rating course is where you learn what you should have known all along.\u00a0 In this course your flying skills and aeronautical knowledge will be polished to a high level.<\/p>\n

In addition, you will learn to teach, both on the ground and in the air.\u00a0 At first, flying and teaching at the same time will leave you feeling like you can do neither.\u00a0 By the end of the course you will be able to fly and teach confidently from the right seat, and teach comfortably in a one-on-one classroom situation.\u00a0 This will be accomplished largely by:<\/p>\n

1) preparation,<\/p>\n

2) practice, and<\/p>\n

3) role-playing.<\/p>\n

Preparation and practice of ground and air lessons will be done at largely at home.\u00a0 You will likely spend about 4 hours of prep and practice at home for every flight or ground instruction session at the flight school.\u00a0 (This means a total time commitment of approximately 300 hours, not merely the 25 hours of groundschool and 30 hours of flight time required.)\u00a0 Practice should be done on willing victims (need not be pilots) as this makes the practice more realistic and relevant.\u00a0 Your work at home will be directed and reviewed by your instructor.\u00a0 You must allow sufficient time between flights and ground sessions to adequately prepare.\u00a0 Research and development (R and D) will be done in the background, by you, at home.<\/p>\n

Role-playing is done between you and your instructor.\u00a0 You will be assuming the role of \u00a0an instructor, a student pilot, or yourself.\u00a0 Your instructor will be assuming the role of a class 1 instructor teaching an instructor trainee, a class 4 instructor teaching a student pilot, a student pilot, or himself.\u00a0 In the role of a student pilot, he will generally be an average student, but will often be a poor or cantankerous student.\u00a0 He will try to lead you off-topic, frustrate you and cause you to lose control of the situation.\u00a0 He will also probe the limits of your knowledge by asking a lot of \u201cwhy\u201d questions and claiming not to understand your explanations.\u00a0 You must be prepared to back up anything that you say with knowledge and references.<\/p>\n

In presenting your lessons, you will frequently start, stop, rewind and start again.\u00a0 You may repeat the same small section of a lesson several times.\u00a0 There will be frequent \u201ctime-outs\u201d when you will get out of character for a few moments to discuss theory, technique or delivery.\u00a0 Be prepared to take notes in the classroom and in the airplane.<\/p>\n

Before commencing training for the Instructor Rating, you must possess a Commercial Pilot Licence or higher, and have a valid Category 1 Medical Certificate.\u00a0 Prior to commencing training, you must be able to fly all private and commercial flight test exercises to a score of 3 or 4, and possess a level of knowledge equivalent to that required for the issue of the Commercial Pilot Licence.\u00a0 I will assess your knowledge and skills by means of a check flight and written exam.<\/p>\n

In addition to the above prerequisites, the course requirements are as follows:\u00a0 You must complete a minimum of 30 hours of dual instruction and 25 hours of ground training with a Class 1 flight instructor.\u00a0 (I find that 35 and 30 hours respectively is more realistic.)\u00a0 You must then demonstrate your knowledge by obtaining not less than 70% on the final written exam, and demonstrate your skill by passing a flight test with a Transport Canada examiner.\u00a0 The written exam must be passed before the flight test is attempted.\u00a0 Studying for the written exam will be done largely in the background, by you at home.\u00a0 You will be given assignments and sample exams to help you prepare.<\/p>\n

You will need to obtain the following publications and references:<\/p>\n

Flight Instructor Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

Flight Test Guide<\/a>, Flight Instructor Rating<\/p>\n

Study and Reference Guide<\/a>, Flight Instructor Rating<\/p>\n

Aeronautical Information Manual<\/a><\/p>\n

Flight Training Manual, TP1102<\/p>\n

Pilot Operating Handbook or Flight Manual for your aircraft.<\/p>\n

Stall\/Spin Awareness<\/a><\/p>\n

Power Off Accuracy Approaches<\/a><\/p>\n

Human Factors for Aviation, Basic Handbook, TP12863<\/p>\n

Human Factors for Aviation, Advanced Handbook, TP12864<\/p>\n

Human Factors for Aviation, Instructor\u2019s Guide, TP12865<\/p>\n

Advanced Pilot\u2019s Flight Manual, Bill Kerschner<\/p>\n

From The Ground Up<\/p>\n

Please note that I generally will not “finish up” a student who has done some work with another class 1. All class 1 instructors work differently, and inheriting a student from another class 1 is problematic. \u00a0Think of it this way: PPL and CPL students are construction projects. Put all the parts together correctly and, presto, you have a pilot. Instructor rating candidates on the other hand are works of art, carefully crafted from raw materials, each one unique. \u00a0You wouldn’t finish off someone else’s symphony, would you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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