Radiotelephony Operator Certificate Courses

Full Courses

We offer full training courses for the:

  • Restricted Radiotelephony Operator Certificates
  • General Radiotelephony Operator Certificates

Our Radio Telephony (RT) courses are divided into two modules each, being:

  • Theory Training - In preparation for the SACAA exam (The syllabus for this is similar for both Restricted and General)
  • Practical Training (Flight Plans & Radio Procedures) - VFR for Restricted and VFR & IFR for General

The theory module duration is the same for both Restricted and General but the practical training for General RT will require an extra session

 

Practical Test Preparation Course (Optional)

Your flight training ATO is required to do your practical training as part of your flight training and they must certfify that you have passed the CAA exam as well as that you have reached the required level of practical proficiency to undergo the Practical Radiotelephony Test. There may be instances where a candidate as already passed the CAA theory exam but us not in a position to get the ATO certfication - this applies more generally in the case of a candidate wanting to obtain a General Radiotelephony Operator certificate and have passed the CAA exam but have not yet enrolled for the flight training toward a higher licence or IF Rating. In these cases, we provide this course to extensively over the IFR practical elements of both Flight Planning as well as IFR radio phraseology and procedures.

 

Practical Radiotelephony Testing

Once you have passed the CAA RT exam and you have reached the required standard for RT phraseology and ATC Flight Planning proficiency with your flight training ATO, you may book the Practical Radiotelephony Test with us. The test is conducted on a G1000 based aircraft simulator. (You will be expected to do all the radio work but not the actual flying) Pre-requisites prior to this test:

  • Must have passed the CAA RT exam
  • The ATO declaration section on CAA form CA 61-01 (c or d) must be signed by your training ATO*
  • You will also be required to complete an ATC Flight Plan - make sure you are completely familiar with AIC 003/2022

* This section can be signed by us if you have done our Practical Test Preparation Course (see above( with us

Note - If you have not done our practical training with us, please arrive one hour prior to the test so that we familiarise you with the G1000 radio functions

 

Costs

Refer to the cost section of this website

 

 

Costs

 Rates (Per hour or per session)

  • Simulator Rental Turbine (C425) - R1200/hr
  • Simulator Rental ME (PA34) - R1100/hr
  • Simulator Rental SE (PA28) - R825/hr
  • Simulator Instruction - R500/hr
  • Briefings - R500hr
  • IOS Operator - R300/session
  • Air Experience (G1000 C172) - R500/session 

 

Test Costs

  • DFE Skills Tests - DFE dependant but generally in the R3000/test range
  • Practical RT Test (Restricted) - R1800
  • Practical RT Test (General) - R2500

 

Course Costs

GNSS/RNAV Certification Course 

  • Ground School (5 hrs) and Desktop Trainer – R1000
  • Instruction & Briefings (4 hrs) – R2000
  • Simulator Rental (3 hours) – R2500
  • Total Cost – R 5500 (Estimate*)

*Note that the actual cost maybe more or less based on progress and previous experience

 

Initial ATP Course

  • Simulator Training (7 hrs) - R8400
  • Simulator Instruction (7 hrs) - R3500
  • Briefings (7 hrs) -R3500
  • Total Cost - R15400 (Estimate*)

*Note - Actual cost may be less based on previous experience (Typical cost is between R10k and R15k)

 

Radio Telephony Courses

  • Restricted RT Full Course - Dates and costs on request
  • General RT Full Course - Dates and costs on request
  • Practical Test Preparation Course (Optional) - R500

Note - these costs exclude the cost of the Pratical RT Test (see Test Costs above)

 

MCC Course (Full)

 This course is more cost effective if two students enroll together

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Note - If the candidate already holds an ATP, the simulator training can be reduced from 20 to 15 hours

 

RNAV/PBN/GNSS Course

 

With the rapidly phasing out of ground-based procedures such as NDB, VOR and even ILS, it has having a GNSS Approach endorsement on your licence has become a valueable addition to your IF Rating. We provide a comprensive training course consisting of:

 

Theoretical Training

This is doone at your own pace in our Computor Based Training (CBT) room and consist of five modules of roughly 1 hour per module. A mini exam (ten questions) is done at the end of each module. In addition to the audio/visual CBT material, we will also provide you with a course reference handbook for use during your theoretical training.

Upon successful completion of the theory training, you will be issued with a Completion Certificate, (If you prefer to do your practical training at some other ATO, you may use this certficate as proof of ground school completion)

 

Desktop Simulator Practice

To save tine in the FNPT simulator, you will be encouraged to do some 'button familiarisation' of the Garmin G430 and the G750 on our desktop simulator. (The use if this equipment is included in the cost of the theoretical training course)

 

Training in FNPT II Simulator

This will consist of 2 to 3 training sessions (3 hours total) consisting of:

Session 1 - General GNSS/RNAV Procedures (SID's STAR's and GNSS Approaches)

Session 2 - GNSS LOFT (ie FALE SID to FAPM GNSS with a missed approach included)

Session 3 - Test LOFT (ie FAOR SID, FAWB GNSS Missed App divert to FALA GNNS App

 

Endorsements

Upon successful completion, we will endorse your logbook and comlete SACAA form CA 61-11.5 for you to submit,

 

Costs

Refer to the cost section on our website

Grade III to Grade II Instructor Upgrade Course

 

Syllabus

The course syllabus for this course is set out in the SA-CATS 61.13.1, paragraph 3 as well as SA-CATS 61 Appendix 17.0. The course comprises of the following:

  • 4 x Long Briefings that includes Complex Systems and IF operations to the standards as set out in paragrah 3 of SA-CATS 61, Appendix 17

  • 3 x hours FSTD training as set out in paragrah 3 of SA-CATS 61, Appendix 17:

       - Evaluation of the student's ability to patter IF Procedures such as a VOR Approach

       - Evaluating the student's ability to conduct debriefings as is as set out in paragrah 4 of SA-CATS 61, Appendix 17

       - Evaluating the student's general knowledge as set out in paragrah 5 of SA-CATS 61, Appendix 17-

 

Course Completion

At the end of the course, we will issue a Letter of Recommendation to the DFE

 

Skills Test

Refer to the DFE Test section of this website

 

Costs

Rates based depending on the amount of training required - Refer to the cost section of this website for our latest rates.

 

 

 

 

 

Initial ATP Course

 

Course Content

This course is desgned according to the practical requirements of the SA CAA CAR 61.07.1 and applicable CATS. The course focusses on the following elements:

Simulator Familiarisation with the flight model (Turbine C425) that will be simulated for the Skills Test such as:

  • Aircraft performance data requitred for flight planning and flight
  • Panel layout and use of avionics and AP
  • Ground operations (Use of checklists, startup, taxi, take-off roll etc)
  • Handling and performance charactistics during flight

MCC procedures during Nomal operations

MCC procedures during Non-normal and Emergency operations

General Instrument Training (to the required proficiency standard)

 

Training Hours and Duration

Note that there is no prescribed minumum training hours as this is heavily dependant on the previous experience of the candidate but our course is designed based on the following training hours assumed:

Approx 7.5 Hours classroom briefing time

Approx 7.5 Hours instruction on the simulator

The training is usually done over 4 to 5 training sessions over 4 to 5 days.

 

Handbooks and Training Material

When enrolling for the course, we will provide you with the following PDF documents to allow some pre-study:

  • QRH (Including aircraft performance data and graphs)
  • MCC Manual
  • Checklists

 

Costs

Refer to our website cost page

 

 

 

 

 

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