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In this unit you will complete your flight training to meet the aeronautical experience requirements of the Commercial Pilot License. Your flight training will be conducted by an approved external flight training provider. This will provide you with 100 hours of Pilot In Command (PIC) flight experience. In this unit, you will fly as Pilot in Command (PIC) on long-distance flights visiting multiple aerodromes in primary controlled zones, regional centres and outback Australia. This capstone unit will give you the opportunity to synthesise and reflect on the theory, knowledge and skills you have acquired throughout your study. As a Pilot in Command, you will be able to demonstrate leadership and accountability in a commercial aviation setting. After completing this unit, you will have the aeronautical experience required to apply for the Commercial Pilot License.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: Advanced Flight Practice 2
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 3 - 2024
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
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- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
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- Develop and justify a sophisticated flight plan for an extended primary control zone multi-destination commercial navigation exercise
- Pilot an aeroplane solo and in teams on extended primary control zone multi-destination commercial navigation exercises
- Analyse and reflect critically on your long distance multi-destination primary control zone navigation training
- Synthesise aviation theory and flight practice to the standard of a Commercial Pilot
- Communicate professionally with aviation staff
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability in a commercial aviation setting.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 0% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||||
| 4 - Research | ||||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||