Current projects
Post-Implementation Review underway. (Project AS 04/04)
History
19 Jul 2007
NPRM 0707AS - Amendments to CASR Part 65 - Air traffic services licensing
NPRM published, Comments close 13 September 2007.
23 Jan 2005
NFC 65/01 - Amendment to MOS Part 65 — Air Traffic Service Licensing and Training Requirements
NFC 65/01 titled Amendment to Manual of Standards (MOS) Part 65 — Air Traffic Service Licensing and Training Requirements has been published.
22 Sep 2004
NPC 65/01 titled Proposed Amendments to MOS Part 65 - Air Traffic Services Licensing and Training Requirements has been published and is now available for comment.
10 Aug 2004
Project AS 04/04 titled PIR – Air traffic services licensing (CASR Part 65)
New consultation project has been registered..
16 Apr 2003
SOR 0228AS - Aviation Safety Services Regulations Amendments
SOR 0228AS - Aviation Safety Services Regulations Amendments - Proposed amendments to Parts 65, 143, 171, 172 and 139.H has been published.
13 Mar 2003
Draft AC 65-1(0) - Air traffic controller licensing
Draft AC 65-1(0) - Air traffic controller licensing has been published. Your comments are invited by 31 March 2003.
Current rule
CASR Part 65 – Air traffic services licensing
CASR Part 65 was developed to prescribe the requirements for issuing Air Traffic Control licences and associated ratings, endorsements and qualifications. This includes the privileges, limitations and conditions on such authorisations.
Who Part 65 affects
- Airservices Australia; and
- Air traffic controllers.
Post-implementation Review (PIR)
- Recency: Additional method for satisfying recency requirement. The recency requirement and re-satisfaction of recency can be tailored to a particular location by use of a risk assessment process.
- Currency: Currency requirements will be introduced against ATS qualifications and an additional currency requirement will apply to persons returning to ATC duties after absences of 3 years or more.
- ATC ratings: New ATM rating which combines the functions of the Area, Area (Radar) and Approach (Radar) Ratings.
- Life of authorisations: Ratings, Endorsements and Qualifications to be issued without expiry.
- English language proficiency: Current English language requirements to be updated to meet proposed ICAO Annex 1 standard.
- Fatigue management: Fatigue management requirements to be introduced.
- Streamlined licence requirements: Eligible persons will be able to control for up to 28 days pending issue of licence document.
- Supervision: Regulations will now clarify the original intent that persons undertaking on-the-job training must be supervised by an on-the-job training instructor.
- Assessment: Regulations will now clarify the original intent that assessments must be conducted by a workplace assessor.
- Cancellation of licences: Licences will only be cancelled for safety reasons or breaches of regulations. Loss of medical fitness or retirement will no longer require cancellation of licence.
- Omission of duplicated regulations: Some of the administrative regulations have been omitted because they are now covered in CASR Part 11.
- Notifying CASA when competence is in doubt: To allow safety action to be taken, ATS providers will be able to notify CASA about controllers whose competence is in doubt.