1 - GENERAL PROCEDURE
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If a member is ready for an exam (same procedure for
pilots and controllers), s/he has to go to www.ivao.org/training/exam/
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There, s/he has got information about the upgrading
system and can access the status page.
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His/her status is checked to determine if s/he can
apply for an exam according to her/his current rating and logged hours
on IVAN as a controller or a pilot (caution, only controller logged
hours are taken into account for controller exams and only pilot logged
hours are taken into account for pilot exams).
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If OK, s/he can start the exam : 45 minutes to answer
20 questions IN ENGLISH and submit the exam.
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The exam is then registered into the "Exam (pending for
evaluation)" list.
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It will be assigned to a TC, TAC, DIR or ADIR when
TD/TAD or MD/MAD activates the auto-assignment process.
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AUTO-ASSIGNMENT :
All exams
(theoretical and practical) are auto-assigned to the division the
member belongs to (when any).
An exam is auto-assigned :
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first to the TC or TAC of the member's division (when any), if
their rating is equal or higher than the member's that requested
the test.
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second to the DIR or ADIR of the member's division (when any)
if no TC/TAC is available or if their rating is equal to or higher
than the member's that requested the test.
When a member has no division or when this member
has a rating higher than those of his/her DIR, ADIR, TC or TAC, the
exam will be UNASSIGNED. Then TD/TAD or MD/MAD will assign it
manually to somebody from another division who has a rating equal or
higher than the member's rating.
Remark : since some exams will be processed
manually for the cases described above, staff members may be
assigned exams for members who do not belong to their division. This
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EXAM EVALUATION :
The exams are
evaluated by DIRs, ADIRs, TCs or TACs Pass mark is 75/100)
Evaluators, you can check your assignment list at
www.ivao.org/training/exam/admin
then click MY EXAMINER ASSIGNMENTS.
If necessary, some exams can be evaluated by TD/TAD
and MD/MAD. However, they usually concentrate on
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After evaluation, the exam is registered into the "Exams
(pending for validation)" list.
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As soon as TD/TAD or MD/MAD activates the auto-assign process again,
all exams pending for validations will be shared between them and the TA
(Training Advisors).
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The exam is now registered as SUCCESS or FAILED.
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The applicant will be able to take it again (if failed) or
take the next (if success) according to general rules indicated on www.ivao.org/training/exam/
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Remark 1 :
Everything starts with the first exam about PC
or SB to be taken at level 1, 2 or 3. Required to reach level
4.
Then, if level 4 OK, level 5 (C1 - Flight Capt) exam, then level 6
exam etc...
2 - SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY RATED AS C1/2/3 or
FC/SC/SFC :
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First, even if they didn't take an online exam, they keep their
current rating and controllers can still log as C1/2/3 (pilots are not
requested their rating in SB).
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Second, they won't be able to get the next rating until they have
passed all exams, even those they already passed with the previous
system (pilots had no exams before, only logged hours were taken into
account).
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However, provided they have the requested logged hours, they will
have NO DELAY between each exam if they are successful. The 30-day delay
is removed for them. So it shouldn't be too long for them to get the
next rating.
Remark 1 :
Even if high rated, everybody will appear in the
exam details panel with the rating corresponding to the exams really
passed. A current C2 for instance, upgraded before the new online
system, will be able to log as a C2 but will appear as a S1 in the exam
database until he/she passes the level 1 exam, then as S2 or S3 until
the C1 exam and C1 until the C2 exam is passed successfully.
3 - SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOR REAL ATC
AND PILOTS - FAST UPGRADE :
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Applicant MUST have passed the Pro Controller or SquawkBox/FSInn theoretical exams (see note 3 below). And we can't consider any fast
upgrade before they have 50 logged hours (time requested for Level 5
exams).
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Applicant needs at least 50 hours for SC/C2 or 100 hours online time
for SFC/C3 upgrade
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Applicant needs to send in a scan of the pilots license (please
include all pages of the license) to the Division Director/Assistant
Director and TD/TAD
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They have to be recommended by their Div Dir or ADir (this means that
the DIV DIR/ADIR has to know him/her personally or at least had occasion
to see him/her controlling or flying on the net). Recommendations are to
be addressed to TD or TAD.
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Applicant will then be upgraded on a trial basis to the requested
level
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After fast upgrade s/he will have to pass all theoretical Exams up
the level within 4 weeks.
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In case the theoretical exam will not be passed in the time given,
the applicant will be back graded to the level of the passed exams
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After having successfully completed the last required
theoretical exam the applicant will have to take the practical online
exam for that level.
Note: if the applicant has applied for a staff
position and the requested rating is required for that staff position
s/he will/should be assigned to the position in question after passing
all required exams.
4 - DIVISIONS EXAMS:
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IVAO exams are the minimum required for upgrade.
Everybody, anywhere in the world has to take and pass them to upgrade.
However, according to local specifications, some divisions may require
their members to pass DIV exams (which level and requirements could be
at least equal to or higher than IVAO's).
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Upgrade is efficient when the applicant is successful
to BOTH :
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theoretical IVAO-HQ exam (HQ online system) and
practical exam (handled at division level).
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DIV theoretical exam if any (applicant will be
notified by DIV if requested standards higher than
IVAO-HQ's).
5 - EXAM STATUS :
When checking his/her exam status at www.ivao.org/training/exam/status.php by
clicking on the exam number then the SUBMIT button, each member can see
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a summery of the exam including any comments the
examiner and validator made
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in case the exam was marked 50 or higher the member can
also see each question
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his/her answers
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his/her mark (from 0 to 5) for each question
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the comments field, including the proper reference
files from the Instruction Pack.
Thus the member can see which questions he/she failed
and know what he/she has to work to find the correct answers. Not all
lessons and manuals are available yet but the Instruction Pack is
divided in several files dealing with one subject at once. So when a
member sees where he/she failed, he/she should be able to define which
files have to be studied into the i-Pack available at www.ivao.org/training/tutorials/Ipack/Start_Here.php
Giving access to questions, member's answers,
references and marks should help finding the proper training
materials.
6 - PRACTICAL EXAMS :
As indicated above, with an auto-assignment to the
member's division, each member should be assigned an examiner of his/her
own division and be able to conduct his/her practical exam on the
airfield/center s/he is usually activating or flying. The case of
members whose exam is not being assigned automatically will be studied
individually by Training Dept's staff.
Examiners shall log-on with a call sign representing
their examiner status, e.g. LFPG_X_APP ( _X_ = Examiner), if the
required ATC position is already taken by a controller the examiner may
log-on as observer. e.g. LFGP_X_OBS and maintain the _X_ within the call
sign.
Practical exams may be assigned to non-staff members
having at least a rating of I1 or CC by the responsible examiner who
then will report the exam results on the respective webpage. Any score
given in a practical exam has to be explained in detail in the remarks
field of the exam, so validators and members can reconstruct the reason
for a given score.
7 - EFFECTIVE UPGRADE :
Ratings are automatically updated when BOTH theoretical
and practical exams have been validated.
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