Day (VFR) Syllabus Aeroplanes
For student, private and commercial pilot licences
Section 1 - Overview
PDF (156Kb) | RTF (5.2Mb) Issue 4.1, October 2008
Section 2 - Flying Training
PDF (260Kb) | RTF (1.1Mb) Issue 4.1, October 2008
Section 3 - Aeronautical Knowledge Training
PDF (272Kb) | RTF (2.4Mb) Issue 4.1, October 2008
Complete Syllabus
PDF (672Kb) Issue 4.1, October 2008
Day (VFR) Syllabus Helicopters
For student, private and commercial pilot licences
Section 1 - Overview
PDF (124Kb) | RTF (8.8Mb) Issue 3.1, October 2008
Section 2 - Flying Training
PDF (288Kb) | RTF (3.8Mb) Issue 3.1, October 2008
Section 3 - Aeronautical Knowledge Training
PDF (176Kb) | RTF (2.7Mb) Issue 3.1, October 2008
Complete Syllabus
PDF (544Kb) Issue 3.1, October 2008
Commercial Pilot Balloon Syllabus
PDF 1118K b) | RTF (812Kb) Version 3.1 June 2003
Forms
GFPT Flight test application (form 640) PDF (45Kb) | RTF (638Kb)
PPL Flight test application (form 077) PDF (46Kb) | RTF (660Kb)
CPL Flight test application (form 090) PDF (49Kb) | RTF (682Kb)
VFR day syllabus - competency standards
In accordance with government policy that industry training be competency based, national competency standards for private and commercial aeroplane pilot licences have been developed by industry in conjunction with CASA and the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA).
The Day VFR Syllabus - Aeroplanes, which is one of the regulatory files that flying schools must operate to, has been revised to incorporate the national standards. The flying standards have not changed from previous issues of the syllabus, but now include criteria against which a student's flying performance can be measured objectively. The syllabus sets out what must be done by a pilot to successfully perform a procedure together with the numerical tolerances that must be achieved. This will give students a better understanding of what is expected of them and whether or not they are meeting the standard. It should also lead to more uniform training standards.
The standards were released to industry in July 1999 and became mandatory on 1 September 1999. The syllabus of training is effective in conjunction with Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) and Civil Aviation Orders (CAO).
Issue 2.2 of the aeroplane syllabus became effective on 1 November 1999. It included the performance criteria for each element of the flying standard that must be achieved with the assessment guide. Changes within the syllabus were marked with a 'change bar' in the right margin adjacent to the amendment.
Issue 2.2.1 was produced to reinsert a competency element omitted from page 25. The element was marked with a 'change bar'. The effective date for the issue was 10 February 2001.
Issue 2.2.2 effective 1 April 2002 contains changes about the introduction of the CyberExams CPLA examinations. The exams are now a seven part series and new pre-requisites have been introduced to integrate the flying and theory components of the 150 hour approved CPL courses. The element is marked with a `change bar' and explained in Section 1, Subsection 2, paragraph 2.8.2.
In addition, Section 3 (Aeronautical Knowledge Training) has been amended to delete specific references to CASA documents and publications, as these documents are continually being amended and/or replaced. Some minor updates to syllabus items have also been made (eg VEC changed to ERC, MTAF to MBZ etc). Click here for more details and a summary of the changes.
The syllabus is provided in adobe acrobat and rich text format (RTF). The latter allows extracts of the syllabus to be downloaded and incorporated into a school's operations manual and/or own training syllabus.
The next stage in the process is for competency standards to be determined for helicopter pilot licences, then instrument and instructor ratings.