Changing the rules

Project FS 08/15
Amendment to CAO 40.0 - English Language Proficiency

Background

Amend CAO 40.0 to include a "CASA deemed appropriate course".

Current CAO 40.0 states:
A person who applies for a student licence must satisfy the Chief Flying Instructor of the flying school that:

  1. he or she has an English language proficiency at a level that will enable the person to safely conduct the flying operations and;
  2. he or she meets 1 of the following requirements;
    1. he or she has completed a secondary education in an Australian or New Zealand educational institution;
    2. he or she has completed at least the equivalent of an Australian secondary education in an educational institution in a country where 1 of the principal mediums of instructions is English;
    3. he or she is receiving secondary education in an Australian or New Zealand educational institution and the language of instruction is English;
    4. he or she has been working in Australia or New Zealand for at least 3 of the 5 year immediately before applying for the student pilot licence;
    5. he or she has been working in a specified country for at least 3 of the 5 years immediately before applying for the student pilot licence;
    6. he or she has successfully completed 1 of the English language proficiency tests in Appendix 3.

Appendix 3 States:

English Language Proficiency Tests
General Training Module of the International English Languages Testing System (IELTS) with an overall grade of 5.5 on condition that no single test area has a score of less than 5.0.

Test of English for International Communication-Secure Program (TOEIC-SP) with minimum test score of 650.

Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based test (TOEFL IBT) with a test score of 71.

Test of English as a Foreign Language computer-based test (TOEFL CBT) with a test score of 197.

Test of English as a Foreign Language paper-based test (TOEFL PBT) with a test score of 530.

Purpose/Objectives

To provide a mechanism for organisations with appropriately deemed courses to be able to fulfill the requirements of CAO 40.0 without the need to grant individual exemptions.

Rules affected

CAO 40.0

Personnel

Project Sponsor: Greg Hood

RDMB Programme Manager: Nick Fisher

Project Leader: Leanne Dolby

Status

This project was approved by Greg Hood, Group General Manager - Personnel, Licensing, Education and Training on 3 October.

 
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