Aerial application rating (helicopter) exam - AGRH

You have 2 hours to complete this exam and to pass, you will need to get at least 75% of the marks.

These exams cost $185.67 each ($120.67 invigilator fee and $65 CASA fee).

Pre-qualifications and syllabus

You need to have a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) or an Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) of the relevant aircraft category to sit the aerial application rating exam.

The exams will test your knowledge on the syllabus in Part 61 Manual of Standards (MOS) schedule 3.

Permitted materials

You may use either the Airservices or Jeppesen list of permitted materials.

You cannot use a combination of materials from both the Airservices list and the Jeppesen list.

Your invigilator will give you some things before the exam, which you must hand back at the end. These include:

• pen
• pencil
• ruler
• eraser
• scribble pad.

Study materials

Additional study material to support the AGRH exams include:

• Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) (1988)
• Civil Aviation Orders (CAO)
• Guidelines for helicopters – suitable places to take-off and land.

You can find the below study material at the Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia:

• Aerial Application Pilots Manual (AAPM), Edition 3
• Manual of Aviation Meteorology by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
• Flight at Lower Levels by John Freeman (ISBN 1 86254 366 6)
• Aircraft - Human Performance & Limitations by Tony Wilson
• Human Factors for Pilots (2nd Ed) by R Green at al.

Questions about aircraft, equipment requirements and human factors are based on relevant sections of:

• CAR (1988) - including sections of ‘maintenance’ and Schedule 8
• Aerial Application Pilots Manual.

Pass rates

You can see how candidates performed in their AGRH exam.

Check the results of candidates from previous years.