Commercial Pilot Licence Additional Practicum

Overview

To facilitate further training to consolidate the procedural aspects of IFR cross country flight and / or to further consolidate proficiency in departure, en-route and arrival procedures in the conduct of commercial operations under VFR and IFR.

Requisites

Prerequisites

AVF80002 Commercial Pilot Licence Practicum 1

OR
AVF80013 Commercial Pilot Licence Practicum 2

Teaching periods

Location

Start and end dates

Last self-enrolment date

Census date

Last withdraw without fail date

Results released date

Study Period 4

Hawthorn

25-November-2024
23-February-2025

08-December-2024

16-December-2024

10-January-2025

18-March-2025

Summer

Hawthorn

06-January-2025
16-February-2025

06-January-2025

17-January-2025

31-January-2025

04-March-2025

HE Block 1

Hawthorn

03-February-2025
16-March-2025

03-February-2025

14-February-2025

28-February-2025

29-April-2025

Semester 1

Hawthorn

03-March-2025
01-June-2025

16-March-2025

31-March-2025

24-April-2025

08-July-2025

Term 1

Hawthorn

03-March-2025
13-April-2025

03-March-2025

14-March-2025

28-March-2025

13-May-2025

Term 2

Hawthorn

14-April-2025
01-June-2025

14-April-2025

02-May-2025

09-May-2025

08-July-2025

Winter

Hawthorn

23-June-2025
03-August-2025

23-June-2025

04-July-2025

18-July-2025

19-August-2025

HE Block 5

Hawthorn

07-July-2025
17-August-2025

07-July-2025

18-July-2025

01-August-2025

23-September-2025

Semester 2

Hawthorn

04-August-2025
02-November-2025

17-August-2025

31-August-2025

19-September-2025

09-December-2025

Term 3

Hawthorn

04-August-2025
14-September-2025

04-August-2025

15-August-2025

29-August-2025

14-October-2025

Term 4

Hawthorn

22-September-2025
02-November-2025

22-September-2025

10-October-2025

17-October-2025

09-December-2025

HE Block 7

Hawthorn

06-October-2025
16-November-2025

06-October-2025

17-October-2025

31-October-2025

23-December-2025

Study Period 4

Hawthorn

01-December-2025
01-March-2026

14-December-2025

22-December-2025

16-January-2026

24-March-2026

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

Be able to plan a flight considering all commercial legal operational requirements, based on accurate meteorological analysis, including en-route and take off and landing performance
Be able to prepare the aircraft including determining complete aircraft serviceability, fuel requirements and loading procedures including carriage of dangerous goods
Be able to manage passengers during normal and emergency operations
Be able to safely conduct IFR and VFR cross country flights according to GFS standard operating procedures for normal and non-normal in-flight scenarios complying with all airspace requirements
Be able to demonstrate proficiency in the application of instrument flight, on full and partial panel
Attain a Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Commercial Pilot Licence (Aeroplane)
Attain a Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Single-Engine Command Instrument Rating

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type	Hours per week	Number of weeks	Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Tutorial	1.67	12 weeks	20
TOTAL			20

Assessment

Type	Task	Weighting	ULO's
Practical Examination	Individual	100%	1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Content

The Additional Practicum will be utilised by students, to complete any additional flight hours required to meet competency within the associated practicum.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.