Associate Degree of Aviation

The Associate Degree of Aviation equips students for a professional career as a commercial pilot.

Students undertake their professional pilot training program at CAE Oxford Aviation Academy (CAEOAA), located at Moorabbin Airport, and obtain a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) and Multi-engine Aeroplane Instrument Endorsement.

They also complete a Multi Crew Cooperation and Jet Orientation Course, and the required theory for the Air Transport Pilot Licence.

The course is designed to enhance students’ understanding of aircraft management, their multi-crew skills and knowledge of Jetstar operating procedures to prepare them to become a First or Second Officer.

To qualify for the Associate Degree of Aviation, students must take 16 units (200 credit points) from five discipline groups, comprising:

• 6 Aviation core units (75 credit points)
• 4 Aviation Practical core units (50 credit points)
• 1 Aviation Practical elective unit (12.5 credit points)
• 4 Aviation Human Factors, Air Transportation, Aviation Technology core units (50 credit points)
• 1 Elective drawn from Aviation Human Factors and Air Transportation Management electives (12.5 credit points)

Additional Practicum Units (valued at 12.5 credit points each) are available to students when additional flying hours are needed to fulfil licencing requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Students who enrol for additional practicum units will be required to pay additional tuition fees.

Units of study

Complete the following six units (75 credit points)

AVT10001 Private Pilot Licence Theory AVT10002 Commercial Pilot Licence Theory 1 AVT20001 Commercial Pilot Licence Theory 2 AVT30005 Air Transport Pilot Licence Theory 1 AVT30006 Air Transport Pilot Licence Theory 2 AVT30001 Air Transport Pilot Licence Theory 3

Complete the following four units (50 credit points):

AVF80001 Private Pilot Licence Practicum AVF80002 Commercial Pilot Licence Practicum 1 AVF80003 Commercial Pilot Licence Practicum 2B AVF80004 Multi Engine Aeroplane Instrument Endorsement Practicum AVF80005 Multi Crew Cooperation and Jet Orientation Course Practicum AVF80006 Flight Instructor Rating Practicum

Complete the following four units (50 credit points):

AVA10001 Introduction to Aviation AVA10002 Human Performance and Limitations in Aviation AVA10005 Aviation Regulation and Operation AVA20007 Current and Future Airline Technological Operational Concepts

Choose one from the following (12.5 credit points):

AVA10006 Airline Planning and Operations AVA20002 Airport Planning, Operation and Management AVA20003 Aviation Business Strategies and Management AVA20008 Aircraft Maintenance AVA20009 Airspace Management and Air Traffic Services AVA20010 Aviation Legal Framework ENT10001 Entrepreneurship and Opportunity

Complete if additional flying hours are required (12.5 credit points):

AVF80007 Private Pilot Licence Additional Practicum AVF80008 Commercial Pilot Licence Additional Practicum AVF80009 Multi Engine Aeroplane Instrument Endorsement Additional Practicum AVF80010 Multi Crew Cooperation Additional Practicum AVF80022 Flight Instructor Rating Additional Practicum

# Outcome units - matched exemptions are generally not granted for higher education outcome units.

* All seven CASA CPL theory examination credits are required for students to sit CASA ATPL theory exams.

** All students enrolled under the Jetstar Employer Reserved Place scheme must undertake AVF80005 Multi Crew Cooperation and Jet Orientation Course Practicum

Successful completion of:

• the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or its equivalent, such as an interstate or international Year 12 qualification
• completion or partial completion of an approved tertiary qualification (including certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas, associate degrees and degrees).

Applicants without a formal qualification may be considered for entry upon completion of the STAT test.

• VCE units 3 and 4 – VCE Units 3 and 4 – a minimum study score of 25 in any English (except EAL) or 30 in English as Alternate Language (EAL) or equivalent
• VCE Units 3 and 4 - a minimum study score of 20 in Further Mathematics

• a pilot cadet training program with an organisation holding an internationally recognised Air Operators Certificate (AOC) of transport category aeroplanes or
• a flight instructor cadet training program with an organisation holding a recognised Air Operators Certificate (AOC) with approval to conduct flight training.

will be required to meet the requirements of a Class 1 medical examination as regulated by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for holders of a Commercial Pilot Licence (Aeroplane). Admissions at Swinburne

• demonstrate both broad and specialised technical knowledge and skills within the field of professional pilot practice
• demonstrate broad knowledge of Aviation Human Factors and Aviation Management to analyse and contribute to the implementation of solutions in global professional airline and aviation practice
• critically apply theoretical and practical skills as a professional pilot and to be able to analyse, evaluate and review to provide solutions to non ambiguous, ambiguous and novel complex flight scenarios
• apply knowledge and skills beyond the minimum specified in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Part 61 Manual of Standards to achieve the licencing qualification of Commercial Pilot (Aeroplane)
• apply knowledge and skills beyond the minimum specified by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to achieve the rating qualification of Instrument Rating Command Multi Engine Aeroplane
• apply knowledge and skills to achieve successful completion of a Multi Crew Cooperation Course beyond the minimum as specified by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
• have the ability to make and initiate high level judgements within the professional pilot framework, and to successfully transmit knowledge, skills, ideas and to communicate with a variety of stakeholder audiences in a range of practical and technical and learning contexts
• demonstrate professional standards at all times that include responsibility and accountability with a pro-active professional pilot work ethic and recognise the need to engage in ongoing professional development.

The program provides the following generic graduate attributes:

• capability in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas
• entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
• operate effectively and ethically in work and community situations
• adaptable and manage change
• awareness of local and international environments in which they will be contributing (e.g. socio-cultural, economic, natural)

Knowledge

• broad theoretical and technical knowledge in the field of aviation, with the attainment of CASA theory pass applicable to the Air Transportation Pilot Licence

• cognitive skills to identify, analyse and evaluate information and concepts in the broad field of aviation
• cognitive, technical and creative thinking skills to express and understanding of aviation concepts with some depth
• sognitive communication and analytical skills to interpret and explain sometimes complex aviation problems and generate solutions
• Skills to communicate and present on aviation intellectual knowledge and ideas effectively

• a developed application of knowledge and skills as specified in the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council Training packages AVI40108 Certificate IV in Aviation (CPLA) and AVI50408 Diploma of Aviation (Instrument Flight Operations)
• an ability to use initiative and judgement to solve problems, and plan and decide on solutions in paraprofessional practice
• an ability to adapt fundamental principles, concepts and techniques to different contextual situations, which may be unpredictable, in the field of aviation
• an ability to adapt knowledge and skills in different contexts and apply to further studies
• the capacity to practice professional and ethical responsibility individually and within teams, and recognise the need to engage in lifelong learning.