Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

AVIY5022B Mapping and Delivery Guide
Manage traffic flow

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Issue Date: April 2024


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Unit of Competency AVIY5022B - Manage traffic flow
Description This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to work as part of a team and to conduct traffic sequencing and regulate traffic flow. This includes providing major delaying actions and minor flow adjustments to achieve the necessary spacing and order, and responding to changing conditions. Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements are applicable to this unit.
Employability Skills This unit contains employability skills.
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit has application for air traffic control operators. In addition to separating airspace users, a safe, efficient and regular traffic flow is required to enable the effective use of aerodrome terminal facilities such as runways and taxiways.Work must be carried out in compliance with the relevant air traffic services regulatory requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and national operating standards.Use for ADF Aviation is to be in accordance with relevant Defence Orders and Instructions and applicable CASA compliance.Work is performed under various levels of supervision dependent on workplace context, and in a team environment.Traffic flow is managed using automated systems or by manual determination. If automated systems are used, human reasoning should be applied to ensure safety and the most suitable flow of traffic particularly in times of adverse weather and/or emergency and abnormal flight operations.The controller must demonstrate an ability to establish traffic sequences, regulate traffic flow, and regulate workload in situations involving medium to high levels of traffic volume and complexity, and in adverse weather.This unit of competency is packaged at Diploma level.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites Not applicable.
Competency Field Y - Aircraft Operation and Traffic Management
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Establish traffic sequence
  • Traffic order is established in accordance with runway mode and airspace configuration
  • Automated and/or manually determined traffic sequence is observed and monitored and adjustments to traffic flow are made accordingly
  • Traffic flow is adjusted in accordance with standard operating procedure when airways facilities are reduced and/or systems are in degraded mode
  • Scan is maintained in area of jurisdiction at a rate determined by environmental factors
       
Element: Provide major delaying actions
  • Aircraft are held in published holding patterns in accordance with standard operating procedure
  • Aircraft are held outside published holding patterns in accordance with standard operating procedure
  • Air traffic clearances are withheld or instructions are imposed to achieve the necessary delay
  • Limits are imposed on air traffic clearances when necessary
  • Major delaying actions are cancelled or relaxed when able and instructions are issued for onwards flight
       
Element: Provide minor flow adjustments
  • Aircraft speeds are varied in accordance with standard operating procedure and control techniques to achieve the necessary traffic flow
  • Aircraft route, track and/or heading is adjusted in accordance with standard operating procedure and control techniques to achieve the necessary traffic flow
  • Conditions are imposed on air traffic clearances when necessary
  • Minor flow adjustments are cancelled or relaxed when able
       
Element: Regulate traffic flow
  • Instructions issued to regulate traffic flow always maintain safety
  • Acceptable traffic flow for the given situation is achieved
       
Element: Respond to changing conditions
  • Action in response to changing conditions always maintains safety
  • Action to respond to changing conditions is completed in a satisfactory timeframe
       


Evidence Required

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The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required knowledge and skills, the range statement and the assessment guidelines for this Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria of this unit and include demonstration of applying:

the underpinning knowledge and skills

relevant legislation and workplace procedures

other relevant aspects of the range statement

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Performance is demonstrated consistently over a period of time and in a suitable range of contexts

Resources for assessment include:

a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or other simulated practical and knowledge assessment, and/or

access to an appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments, access is required to:

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment, and

applicable documentation including workplace procedures, regulations, codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

Assessment of this unit must be undertaken by a registered training organisation

As a minimum, assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate written/oral tests

Practical assessment must occur:

through activities in an appropriately simulated environment at the registered training organisation, and/or

in an appropriate range of situations in the workplace

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

This describes the essential knowledge and skills and their level required for this unit.

Required knowledge:

Relevant sections of Civil Aviation Safety Regulations

Relevant OH&S and environmental procedures and regulations

Principles of air traffic control

Aircraft holding patterns published on charts and maps including sector entries

Non-published aircraft holding techniques

Air traffic clearances to hold, delay, limit and continue flight

Methods used to adjust route, track, heading and speed of aircraft

Conditional air traffic clearance

Aircraft sequencing and spacing techniques and practices

Techniques to adjust the flow of aircraft traffic during reduced facilities or when using degraded systems

Aircraft performance characteristics and considerations while holding; varying the routing, tracking and heading of aircraft; and considerations while varying the speed of aircraft during climb, cruise and descent

Airspace and route structures for holding and flow including feeder fixes

Peak capacity for runway configurations including landing and departure rates; slot allocation; and factors affecting capacity including capped rates

Systems and tools used for air traffic flow management including the Central Traffic Management System, Maestro and slot allocation

Roles and responsibilities for managing the air traffic flow

Aerodrome runway combinations and traffic requirements

Capacity modelling for arriving traffic only, and arriving and departing traffic

Airspace, route structures and procedures used to assist strategic air traffic flow management

Sector/traffic hot spots

Area of radar coverage

Airspace geography and topography

Classification and special use airspace

Weather forecasting and aerodrome weather observations

Relevant sections of the air traffic services procedures manual and local instructions

Safety hazards and risks that exist when managing air traffic and related risk control procedures and precautions

Problems that may occur when managing air traffic and appropriate action that should be taken in each case

Required skills:

Communicate effectively with others when managing traffic flow

Actively listen when managing traffic flow

Read and interpret instructions, regulations, procedures and other information relevant to managing traffic flow

Interpret and follow operational instructions and prioritise work

Perceive incoming information associated with strategic, tactical, geographic, spatial, system and environment components of a complex system

Comprehend incoming information and develop the current airspace and flight path model

Complete documentation related to managing traffic flow

Provide leadership and work collaboratively with others when managing traffic flow

Communicate in a team by exchanging information through assigning responsibility, acknowledgment, inquiring, and by recognising and noting facts that create team rapport and enhance team outputs

Adapt appropriately to cultural differences in the workplace, including modes of behaviour and interactions with others

Promptly report and/or rectify any identified problems that may occur when managing traffic flow in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures

Demonstrate temperament reflecting a calm, composed and cooperative characteristic and emotional response under challenging situations

Make decisions related to the prioritising of tasks and the projection of and planning for traffic and environmental events

Conduct aeronautical decision making

Project and develop future airspace and flight path scenarios

Maintain a strategic traffic management goal for the jurisdiction airspace

Adhere to procedures through a series of steps followed in a regular definite order or a traditional or established way of doing things when this is required

Implement contingency plans for unexpected events that may arise when managing traffic flow

Judge and form an opinion or evaluate situations by discerning and comparing information

React to some form of treatment or stressful situation by a considered and measured response in a timely fashion

Apply precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate hazards that may exist when managing traffic flow

Monitor and anticipate operational problems and hazards and take appropriate action

Monitor work activities in terms of planned schedule

Modify activities dependent on differing workplace contingencies, situations and environments

Work systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others, or damage to goods or equipment

Adapt to differences in equipment, systems and operating environment in accordance with standard operating procedures

Be receptive to training for the skills, knowledge, or experiences acquired or gained over a career

Implement OH&S procedures and relevant regulations

Interpret airspace charts, maps and approach to land procedures associated with aircraft holding and flow procedures

Formulate and issue onwards airways clearances, conditional clearances and clearance limits

Maintain surveillance of airspaces and scanning techniques at the Human-machine Interface (HMI)

Adjust the routing and tracking of aircraft

Vary the heading of aircraft

Vary the speed of aircraft and related speed control data

Conduct the holding of aircraft and onwards processing

Identify and use system tools and information to facilitate flow management

Carry out runway mode change and consequent flow management

Advise aircraft of delays by issuing set course time, stack departure time, estimated approach time and/or estimated time of landing

Be confident but not complacent or reliant on automation and technology, and readily apply human reasoning to airspace and flight path scenarios

Allocate attention according to demand and constantly switch between: managing the Human-machine Interface or equipment use; managing communications; and managing traffic

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance.

Operations may be conducted:

by day or night

in variable weather conditions

Performance may be demonstrated in:

simulated situations

an operational air traffic control workplace

Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) is established:

to support ATC in ensuring an optimum flow of air traffic to, from, through or within defined areas during times when demand or expected demand exceeds the capacity of the system. Managing the traffic flow in this unit of competency is part of a control service and is not a discrete ATFM service

Systems and tools include:

Maestro flow management system

Central Traffic Management System (CTMS)

slot allocation system

capped capacity

capacity modelling and international benchmarking

en route airspace design, feeder fixes and terminal area route structure

airline - ATS agreed capacity as a key performance indicator

Dependent on the type of organisation concerned and the local terminology used, workplace procedures may include:

company procedures

enterprise procedures

organisational procedures

established procedures

standard operating procedures

regulatory standards and recommended practices

Information/documents may include:

training curricula and syllabi

Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regulations and Manuals of Standards (MOS)

Local Instructions (LI) and Temporary Local Instructions (TLI)

equipment manufacturers specifications and instructions

Manual of Air Traffic Services (MATS)

Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP)

workplace procedures, instructions

Training Standards Manual (TSM)

ICAO Document 4444, ATM/501, Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Air Traffic Management

occupational specification for air traffic controllers

industrial certified agreements and awards

training and assessment records

operator s handbook and system manuals

documented learning and assessment strategies

Applicable regulations and legislation may include:

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARP)

Cvil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR) and Manuals of Standards (MOS)

relevant Defence Orders and Instructions

Airservices Act (Cth) 1995

OH&S Legislation (state and federal)

Civil Aviation Act (Cth) 1988 and the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1995

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Traffic order is established in accordance with runway mode and airspace configuration 
Automated and/or manually determined traffic sequence is observed and monitored and adjustments to traffic flow are made accordingly 
Traffic flow is adjusted in accordance with standard operating procedure when airways facilities are reduced and/or systems are in degraded mode 
Scan is maintained in area of jurisdiction at a rate determined by environmental factors 
Aircraft are held in published holding patterns in accordance with standard operating procedure 
Aircraft are held outside published holding patterns in accordance with standard operating procedure 
Air traffic clearances are withheld or instructions are imposed to achieve the necessary delay 
Limits are imposed on air traffic clearances when necessary 
Major delaying actions are cancelled or relaxed when able and instructions are issued for onwards flight 
Aircraft speeds are varied in accordance with standard operating procedure and control techniques to achieve the necessary traffic flow 
Aircraft route, track and/or heading is adjusted in accordance with standard operating procedure and control techniques to achieve the necessary traffic flow 
Conditions are imposed on air traffic clearances when necessary 
Minor flow adjustments are cancelled or relaxed when able 
Instructions issued to regulate traffic flow always maintain safety 
Acceptable traffic flow for the given situation is achieved 
Action in response to changing conditions always maintains safety 
Action to respond to changing conditions is completed in a satisfactory timeframe 

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