Apprenticeship training course
Aviation flight operations coordinator (level 3)
Provide the aircraft with the technical support required both prior to and during the flight.
- Qualification level
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3
Equivalent to A level. - Typical duration
- 18 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Transport and logistics
- Maximum funding
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£8,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Air and space operations specialist
- Flight planning and air traffic control coordinator
- Flight planning and CTB coordinator
- Operations coordinator
- Operations officer
- Portable air test equipment operator
- Pre-tactical flight planner
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Comply with local operational and organisational procedures for operations control.
- Use sector specific documentation to support in operational control.
- Monitor and respond to sector specific data to support in operational control.
- Comply with CAA or MAA regulations and legislation.
- Operate organisational and sector digital toolkits and systems.
- Apply risk-based decision making to support safe aircraft operations.
- Escalate issues and tasks in line with organisational and sector procedures.
- Assess the risk and manage the impact of external factors on operational activities, for example scheduled disruptions, force majeure.
- Deliver an operational safety culture.
- Use aircraft operational status indicators to assess technical condition of aircraft
- Record and analyse flight arrival information.
- Record and analyse enroute flight information.
- Record and analyse flight departure information.
- Communicate data and information with others verbally, for example internal and external stakeholders, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate data and information in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Analyse aircraft positioning trends.
- Use weather forecasts, trends, and conditions to support in operational delivery.
- Follows equity, diversity and inclusion legislative guidance
Full information on Aviation flight operations coordinator (level 3) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.