Private Pilot Licence (including Theory)

CRICOS Course Code

050131G

Course Duration

24 weeks

Course Fee

AUD$23,693

Admission Requirements

• Completion of a Class 2 Medical
• English Language proficiency of IELTS 5.5 for all Assessment Level 3, 4 & 5 countries. Assessment Level 1 & 2 countries may be able to evidence the required English standard in other ways (please see below for full details)
• Must be 18 years of age by course commencement
• Must be willing to undergo Australian Federal Police check for your Aviation Security Identity Card

Privileges of Licence

On completion of your Private Pilot Licence (PPL) you can fly yourself and passengers, by day, anywhere in Australia in visual flight conditions. You can convert your PPL to a local licence when you return home. The Private Pilot Licence is a recreational licence only. You cannot be paid to fly as a PPL holder.

Course

Your course fee includes:

1. Flying

Definitions:

• Dual - Flight training with an instructor.
• Solo - Flight training with the student acting as pilot in command - no instructor.

Flying Hours:

• 53.5 hours dual Piper Warrior (includes 3.5 hours for PPL flight test)
• 10 hours solo Piper Warrior

2. Flight test

* Flight test fee

3. Theory

· Basic Aeronautical Knowledge (including books & exam) - 4 weeks full time

· PPL (including books) - 4 weeks full time

4. All briefings by instructors

5. PPL licence issue

6. Equipment & Materials

• 1 Navigation Ruler
• 1 Navigation Protractor
• Navigation computer
• Navigation lapboard
• Aerodrome Information Publications (AIP’s)
• Flight Training Manual
• Maps and Charts (2 x WAC’s, PCA, VTC Melbourne, ERC)
• ERSA
• Civil Aviation Order’s
• Log Book

7. Private Pilot Licence (PPL) test

You will demonstrate your skill to an approved testing officer by departing for a round trip with two or more landings/turning points enroute. You will be able to show that you can divert to an alternative location and overall, demonstrate competent planning and management of the flight, observing all procedures and rules, navigation, radio work and airmanship before successfully completing the flight.

After passing the PPL Test, you will be issued with the licence which enables you to fly anywhere within Australia, solo or with private passengers in daytime visual meteorological conditions. You will no longer require your instructor’s permission to undertake a flight as pilot in command.

Note:

The course fee includes all theory, textbooks, and flight test fee (for the first attempt only), navigation equipment, maps/charts and initial issue CASA documents.

Should the student require additional training or have to re-sit any flight test, the additional cost will be charged at current published rates.

Landing fees and en-route navigation charges shall be charged separately. An invoice shall be issued every 12 weeks from course commencement and upon course completion.

Licence issue and theory exam fees are not included and are payable directly to CASA.

English Language Requirements:

For direct entry to Australian National Airline College you MUST meet the following requirements.

a.     If you are from an Assessment Level 3, 4 or 5 country (as per Department of Immigration guidelines) you MUST undertake an IELTS test as part of the Student Visa application. You must score a minimum total of 5.5. Either the “General” or “Academic” IELTS tests are acceptable.

To ascertain which “Country Assessment” level applies to you visit:http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1219i.pdf

i. Our course comes under visa subclass 575 “Non Award” Use the table to work out your Assessment Level.

ii. If you don’t have access to the linked Country Assessment level document(see link above), contact us and we will advise you of your Assessment Level

b. If you are from an Assessment Level 1 or 2 Country, the following English Language requirements apply to you:

In accordance with CASA regulations we need to be satisfied that you meet one of the specified criteria listed below, by showing us a suitable document that gives evidence that you have met one of the following requirements:

 i.   The applicant has undertaken or completed his/her secondary education in an Australian or New Zealand educational institution, or the equivalent of an Australian secondary education in a country where one of the principal mediums of instruction had been in English.

Note: therefore, if you went to a Secondary School where English was the medium of Instruction and you completed your High School Certificate AND you can provide evidence of your school certificate and a statement from the School that one of the principal mediums of Instruction was English, then you will have met the requirement. If you cannot do this, you will probably need to do one of the English tests below.