Technical competency

(1) General Flight Radiotelephony Operator - The applicant shall be required to satisfy the Governor, by examination or otherwise, of his technical competency in the following matters– (a) knowledge of the elementary principles of radiotelephony; 238 Civil Aviation (b) detailed knowledge of the practical operation and adjustment of radiotelephone apparatus; (c) ability to send correctly and to receive correctly messages by radiotelephony; (d) knowledge of the Radio Regulations annexed to the International Convention applying to radiotelephony communications and particularly of that part of those Regulations relating to the safety of life, and of the special instructions and operating procedures applying to radiotelephony communications in the radio- communication service in air navigation, as contained in the handbook “Radiotelephony Procedure” (C.A.P. 46) published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. (2) Restricted Flight Radiotelephony Operator - The applicant shall be required to satisfy the Director by examination or otherwise, of his competency in the following matters – (a) practical knowledge of radiotelephony operation and procedure; (b) ability to send correctly and to receive correctly messages by radiotelephony; and (c) knowledge of the Radio Regulations annexed to the International Convention applying to radiotelephony communications and particularly of that part of those Regulations relating to the safety of life, and of the special instructions and operating procedures applying to radiotelephony communications in the radio- communication service in air navigation, as Civil Aviation 239 contained in the handbook “Radiotelephony Procedure” (C.A.P. 46) published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. (3) First Class Radiotelegraphy (Temporary)- The applicant shall be required to satisfy the Governor, by examination or otherwise, of this technical competency in the following matters– (a) theoretical and practical knowledge of the general principles of electricity, of the theory of radio in relation to the sending and receiving of morse and spoken messages and air navigation, and of the adjustment of and practical working of the principal radio apparatus used in aircraft stations including apparatus for direction finding and the taking of direction-finding bearings; (b) theoretical and practical knowledge of the accessory such as motor- generators, accumulators, etc., used in the operation and adjustment of the apparatus specified in (a) of this paragraph; (c) practical knowledge necessary to effect during flight with the means available on board, the repair of damage which may occur to the radio apparatus; (d) ability to send correctly and to receive correctly by ear, code groups (mixed letters, figures and punctuation marks) at a speed of twenty groups per minute, and of a plain language passage in English at a speed of twenty-five words per minute. Each code group must comprise five characters, each figure or punctuation mark counting as two characters. The passage in plain language 240 Civil Aviation must average five characters to the word. The duration of each test of sending and receiving will as a rule be five minutes; (e) ability to transmit correctly and to receive correctly telephone communications; (f) knowledge of the Radio Regulations annexed to the International Convention applying to communications and particularly of that part of those Regulations relating to the safety of life; knowledge of the documents relating to charges for radiotelegraphy* communications; knowledge of the special instructions and operating procedures applying to the radio communication service in air navigation, as contained in Chapters III, IV, IX, XI, XVI to XX inclusive and XXIII to XXVIII inclusive, of the “Civil Aviation Communications Handbook”; (g) knowledge of the general geography of the world, of the principal air navigation routes, and of the most important telecommunication routes. (4) First-Class Radiotelegraphy Operator - The applicant must be the holder of a first-class flight radio-telegraphy operator’s licence (temporary). (5) Certificate of Competency - A certificate of competency will be issued to an applicant who satisfies the Governor as to his technical competency in the foregoing matters. * This knowledge is required only in the case of operators handling public correspondence. Civil Aviation 241 (6) Extension of Radio Apparatus Rating - An applicant may be examined in special radio communication or radio navigation systems not covered by the basic examination and if successful, an appropriate entry will be made in the certificate of competency. For the purpose of obtaining such an entry in respect of particular radio navigation systems an applicant may be required to satisfy the Governor that he has an elementary knowledge of air navigation.