Find out what you need when sitting your pilot instructor rating exam including permitted materials and pass rates.
You have 2 hours to complete the exam to pass, you will need to get at least 75% of the marks.
These exams cost $182.38 each ($117.38 invigilator fee and $65 CASA fee).
Pre-qualifications and syllabus
Holding a valid Australian PPL, CPL or ATPL licence, of either aeroplane or helicopter category, is a pre-requisite for this exam.
If you do not hold an Australian PPL or CPL or ATPL licence or Certificate of Validation (CoV), then any pass obtained in this exam won’t be valid.
The exam 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.
Airservices list
Part 61 of CASR
Jeppesen list
Part 61 of CASR
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.
Pass rates
You can see how candidates performed in their PIRC exam.
| Year | 0 - 54% | 55 - 59% | 60 - 64% | 65 - 69% | 70 - 74% | 75 - 79% | 80+% | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.37 | 0.73 | 2.94 | 3.85 | 14.85 | 14.68 | 62.57 | 77.25% |
| 2021 | 0.00 | 1.35 | 2.16 | 5.66 | 12.94 | 14.56 | 63.34 | 77.90% |
| 2022 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 15.09 | 13.96 | 65.32 | 79.28% |
| 2023 | 0.62 | 0.82 | 2.05 | 4.31 | 16.22 | 17.45 | 58.52 | 75.98% |
| 2024 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 2.32 | 5.41 | 13.90 | 17.37 | 59.85 | 77.22% |
Check the results of candidates from previous years.
Common errors
The following areas have been weak areas for candidates:
- requirements for Part 141 / 142 operators
- adult learning issues
- performance based outcomes
- questioning techniques.
31 Jul 2023