Instrument flight procedure design, PANS-OPS training, ICAO doc. 8168, Aviation Training

Duration:
30 working days, split in 2 parts of 3 weeks

Course costs:
6100 EURO, includes tuition fee and course materials

ANI PANS-OPS courses fully comply with ICAO document 9906 (Quality Assurance Manual for Flight Procedure Design), volume II, Flight Procedure Designer Training.

Download the brochure with the description of the training program, pre-requisites and On-the-job-training requirements.

This is the initial training course for future procedure designers. The course is 6 weeks long and split in two parts of 3 weeks with a break in between. Part 1 covers all procedure design basics, conventional procedure criteria and holding. Part 2 addresses the more complex material for ILS/CRM, RNAV procedure design and APV. The break between the two parts allows to consolidate the knowledge acquired in part 1 and will avoid the "sensory overload" symptom that normally starts to show after about 2-3 weeks of intense learning. Therefore the students will have a better learning performance when working with the more complex criteria in part 2.

This basic course also includes extensive e-learning prior to both part 1 and part2.This allows to focus in the classroom on real procedure design issues, because the student learns some basic concepts on his own and at his personal pace.

Conditions for admission:
As per ICAO doc. 9906, vol II. The student must prove an aviation background such as air traffic controller, commercial pilot with instrument rating, navigator, flight dispatcher or systems engineer. He must master geometry and mathematics to a level of a bachelor's degree. Please ask Beat Zimmermann for detailed pre-requisites for this course or download the document above.

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PANS-OPS Basic Course ONLINE

Duration:
requires about 200 working hours, must be completed within 1 year

Course costs:
7700 EURO

ANI PANS-OPS courses fully comply with ICAO document 9906 (Quality Assurance Manual for Flight Procedure Design), volume II, Flight Procedure Designer Training.

Download the brochure with the description of the training program, pre-requisites and On-the-job-training requirements.

This is the first PANS-OPS course worldwide that is delivered online. All theory lectures can be learnt at the student's own pace. The advantage of this course is that it is much more diverse than a classroom course, because it's not limited in time. The theory is then followed by practical sessions of 2 times one week to activate and consolidate the practical skills of procedure design.

Conditions for admission:
The student must prove an aviation background such as air traffic controller, commercial pilot with instrument rating, navigator, flight dispatcher or systems engineer. He must master geometry and mathematics to a level of a bachelor's degree. Please ask Beat Zimmermann for detailed pre-requisites for this course.

PANS-OPS Master Class on ILS and CRM

Duration:
5 working days

Course costs:
1300 EURO, includes tuition fee and course materials

This course was designed to meet the need for in depth review of the complex criteria in PANS-OPS for ILS. It may be some years ago since you attended a basic PANS-OPS course and in the meantime you may not have had a chance to design an ILS approach.
In order to give the student a profound understanding of the criteria provided, this course focuses exclusively on the correct application of the ICAO Annex 14 Basic ILS Surfaces, the PANS-OPS Obstacle Assessment Surfaces (OAS) with any necessary constant adjustments (for example for RDH lower than 15m or for steep glide path angle approaches) as well as the correct interpretation of a CRM report.
Special emphasis will also be put on the understanding how to extend the precision W and X surfaces towards the FAP.

Conditions for admission:
The student must demonstrate fundamental ICAO PANS-OPS knowledge and operational experience.

PANS-OPS PBN/RNAV Master Class

Duration:
10 working days

Course costs:
2400 EURO, includes tuition fee and course materials

This course was designed to meet the need for in depth review of the complex criteria in PANS-OPS for RNAV procedures. It may be some years ago since you attended a basic PANS-OPS course and in the meantime you may not have had a chance to design any RNAV procedure. Or maybe your basic course took place before RNAV criteria were included in PANS-OPS.
In order to give the student a profound understanding of the criteria provided, this course focuses exclusively on all the RNAV chapters in PANS-OPS as well as the implementation strategies by the states.

Conditions for admission:
The student must demonstrate fundamental ICAO PANS-OPS knowledge and operational experience.

APV add-on ONLINE

Duration:
ca. 100 working hours required

Course costs:
1700 EURO
850 EURO for the APV Baro-VNAV or the APV SBAS package only

This course was designed as an addon course to the RNAV course. APV is a complex field and typically, students cope with this complexity with different learning paces. Therefore the APV material was removed from the basic courses and can be learnt with this online course. This course covers APV Baro-VNAV criteria as well as the new (March 2007) SBAS-APV criteria.

Conditions for admission:
Formal PANS-OPS training with RNAV criteria.

Performance Based Navigation (PBN), APV, RNP AR

Duration:
5 or 10 working days

Course costs:
1800 (5 days) or 3600 EURO (10 days), includes tuition fee and course materials

This course was designed as an addon course to the basic PANS-OPS course. As the material gets more extensive and complex, it was decided to remove APV and PBN/RNP from the basic training program and to have dedicated courses for it. The theory will cover the new ICAO PBN Manual (doc. 9613) as well as the new RNP AR manual (doc. 9905). APV Baro-VNAV and APV SBAS will also be mastered competencies at the end of this course. In the second week, a practical project will be completed. Students can choose what type of procedure they would like to practice in a real world scenario.The 5 day course covers the same theory as the 10 day course, the difference is that the 10 course includes a real world practical project of the student's choice (APV Baro, APV SBAS or RNP AR)

Conditions for admission:
The student must demonstrate fundamental ICAO PANS-OPS knowledge and operational experience.