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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Assure separation
   • Conflicts are recognised and resolved
   • Separation is provided
   • Jurisdiction for maintaining aircraft separation is agreed and assigned
   • Alternative separation is provided as required
   • Separation is adjusted when systems are degraded or airways facilities are reduced
   • Most appropriate applied separation is provided taking into account safety, expedition and the method of control and surveillance
   • Compromised separation is recognised and addressed
2. Manage aerodrome traffic zone and aerodrome manoeuvring area
   • Traffic priorities are applied in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs)
3. Service priorities are applied in accordance with that which is most safety critical
4. Hazards are identified, risks are assessed, and risk controls are implemented
5. Control practices and procedures are adjusted in accordance with changing aerodrome traffic zone and aerodrome environment factors
6. Systematic scan technique of aerodrome traffic zone and aerodrome is maintained
7. General and sector weather observations are conducted
8. Documented instructions and agreements applicable to jurisdictional area are applied
9. Non-compliance with control instructions and procedures is recognised and addressed
10. Taxiways are used to facilitate maximum use of runways
11. Runway mode selected is suitable and efficient for traffic flow
12. Runways are operated dependently
13. Runways are operated independently
14. Control services are provided in accordance with airspace classification and status
15. Airspaces are administered in accordance with user activity
16. Aircraft are authorised to use aerodrome traffic zone and aerodrome
17. Vehicles and pedestrians are authorised to use aerodrome manoeuvring areas
    • Conflicts are recognised and resolved
18. Separation is provided
19. Jurisdiction for maintaining aircraft separation is agreed and assigned
20. Alternative separation is provided as required
21. Separation is adjusted when systems are degraded, or airways facilities are reduced
22. Most appropriate applied separation is provided taking into account safety, expedition and the method of control and surveillance
23. Compromised separation is recognised and addressed

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

adhering to procedures adjusting route and track of aircraft allocating attention according to priorities applying precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards applying reasoning and decision making to airspace and flight path scenarios communicating effectively with others completing relevant documentation conducting general and sector meteorological observation coordinating air traffic services effectively determining runway mode executing control actions facilitating unusual flight operations formulating airways clearance and control instructions implementing contingency plans maintaining a strategic traffic management plan maintaining surveillance of aerodrome traffic zone and aerodrome managing aerodrome traffic zone operating equipment in accordance with standard operating procedures operating taxiways perceiving and comprehending incoming information processing military aircraft projecting and developing future airspace and flight path scenarios recording and annotating flight information and messages reporting and rectifying identified conflicts promptly reporting and rectifying identified problems promptly responding to stressful situations with a considered and measured approach separating aircraft using aerodrome control techniques and standards working collaboratively with others working systematically with attention to detail.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

aerodrome and runway markings aerodrome control separation standards and techniques aerodrome lighting air navigation systems and visual aids air traffic priorities air traffic services airborne collision and avoidance systems aircraft type, associated wake turbulence and performance categories airspace service priorities and the safety imperative characteristics of aerodrome traffic zone patterns and traffic flows including critical positions charts and operational documentation communications phraseologies and procedures compromised separation and non-compliant use of aerodromes and airspaces conditional air traffic clearance coordination requirements division of responsibilities for air traffic services formation flight configurations, separation, procedures and practices handover/takeover procedures and practices human machine interface (HMI) states and associated interactions meteorological documentation, terms and definitions military flight operations national airspace system and standard route structure navigation principles and terminology organisational and licensing administration physical characteristics of aerodrome and runways principles and procedures of altimetry principles of error management principles of flight procedures for recording operational information provision of air traffic services and air traffic flow management during system degradation including facility failures and restoration of system components relevant sections of regulatory and operational documentation route, track, heading and aircraft performance characteristics rules of the air governing visual and instrument flight runway visibility measurement safety occurrence reporting terrain and prominent landmarks affecting flight operations within aerodrome traffic zone terrain protection transfer of control points transition from instrument flight to visual flight conditions weather phenomena affecting flight operations.

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