Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain situational awareness
- Continuous monitoring of all critical factors relevant to the safe progress of a flight is undertaken
- Effective visual scan is applied, crew interaction is maintained, and radio, inter-crew communication, traffic information and RPAS are used appropriately
- Trends towards an unsafe situations are recognised and appropriate corrective action is employed in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Breakdown in situational awareness is identified and is rectified promptly
- Assess situations and make decisions
- Operational problems are identified and analysed
- Operational risks are assessed and reported in accordance with workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Potential solutions are identified and control measures are decided and implemented
- Determined plan of action is communicated and tasks are allocated to others as appropriate
- Plan of action is implemented and monitored to achieve optimum outcomes
- Plan of action and implementation process are re-evaluated and amended as required to achieve optimum outcomes
- Extended operational changes resulting from action plan and related risks are monitored and managed to ensure a safe flight outcome
- Set priorities and manage tasks
- Priorities and workload are organised to ensure completion of all tasks relevant to flight safety
- Safe and effective operation of the RPAS is prioritised ahead of competing tasks
- Critical events and tasks are anticipated and managed to ensure completion within available time constraints
- Technology is used to reduce workload and to improve ability to perform mental and manipulative activities safely
- Fixation on single actions/functions is avoided
- Signs and symptoms of fatigue are identified and appropriate actions are taken to manage fatigue of self or in others
- Work with others in managing situational awareness
- Collaboration with others is undertaken to ensure safe completion of flight
- Effective and efficient communications and interpersonal relationships are established and maintained with all stakeholders to ensure safe flight outcome
- Crew members are encouraged to participate in and contribute to safe flight outcome
- Appropriate action is taken in conjunction with others to cooperatively correct any identified unsafe situations that may develop during an RPAS flight