AVIN0004Supervise and manage safe flight operations as pilot in command

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What an assessment for AVIN0004 must cover

58 assessable components: 3 elements (17 performance criteria), 21 performance evidence and 20 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Supervise flight crew and flight operations

  • 1.1Cargo loading requirements are implemented in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures
  • 1.2Flight operations and flight crew are continuously monitored throughout the flight in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures
  • 1.3Flight crew are assisted with prioritisation of workload
  • 1.4Flight crew members are provided mentorship and leadership during routine flight operations

2 Manage routine flight operations

  • 2.1Environmental factors are constantly assessed for effects on flight performance
  • 2.2Flight operations support services are advised of changes to flight operational requirements in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures
  • 2.3Current, relevant and sufficient information to support effective decision making is gathered and provided to flight crew during routine flight operations
  • 2.4Passenger safety and comfort is monitored and managed in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures
  • 2.5Aircraft in-flight performance is continuously monitored and assessed in accordance with regulatory requirements and workplace procedures
  • 2.6Control of aircraft flight path is maintained at all times during routine flight operations

3 Manage contingency flight operations

  • 3.1Environmental factors are constantly assessed for effects on contingency flight operations
  • 3.2Safe flight profile is established during contingency flight operations and within scope of aircraft performance limitations
  • 3.3Flight crew members are allocated tasks and performance is supervised during contingency flight operations
  • 3.4Information to support decision making is gathered and provided to flight crew during contingency flight operations
  • 3.5Aircraft in-flight performance is continuously monitored, assessed and acted on in accordance with regulatory requirements, workplace procedures and/or equipment procedures during contingency flight operations
  • 3.6Control of aircraft flight path is maintained at all times during contingency flight operations, including abnormal and emergency situations
  • 3.7Aircraft is configured for safe flight to effect approach and landing as far as practicable

Performance evidence

  • accepting responsibility for flight outcomes
  • accepting responsibility for own performance
  • advising pilot flying of deviations from planned operations
  • applying relevant aeronautical knowledge
  • assessing situations and making decisions
  • controlling aircraft flight path during: routine flight operations, contingency flight operations
  • implementing work health and safety (WHS) procedures and relevant regulations
  • maintaining an effective lookout
  • maintaining and managing situational awareness
  • maintaining effective communications and interpersonal relationships
  • maintaining effective leadership and authority
  • making effective decisions
  • managing and monitoring flight crew conditions
  • managing, controlling or mitigating risk
  • monitoring flight path, aircraft configuration and systems to achieve desired performance using a systematic scan technique
  • operating effectively as a flight crew member
  • reading, interpreting and following relevant regulations, instructions, procedures, information and signs
  • selecting and using appropriate instruments, displays, communications equipment and aids
  • setting flight crew priorities and managing flight crew tasks
  • taking initiatives and responding to changing conditions
  • using appropriate normal, abnormal and emergency aviation terminology

Knowledge evidence

  • basic concepts of aviation medicine
  • Civil Aviation Safety Regulation (CASR) Part 61 Manual of Standards (MOS) Schedule 3 Aeronautical Knowledge relevant to human factors within air transport and multi-crew operations
  • cockpit management, including: flight crew coordination, distribution of responsibilities, working with a flight crew concept
  • flight crew cooperation: small group dynamics (norms, atmosphere, pressure, communication, structure), conflict management, leadership style of management, concern for performance, concern for people, democratic versus autocratic style, encouraging inputs and feedback, optimising flight crew performance in flight, correcting flight crew coordination deficiencies
  • communication: verbal and non-verbal communication, one and two-way communication, effects of different communication styles, miscommunication (including cultural misunderstandings)
  • effective decision-making processes, including: identifying problems and causal factors, assessing component parts systematically and logically, employing analytical techniques to identify solutions and consider the value and implications of each, generating solutions and/or alternative courses of action, assessing alternative solutions and risks with other flight crew members, determining course of action, communicating decision and delegate tasks to flight crew, monitoring progress against agreed plan, evaluating decisions in line with changing circumstances, ensuring decision making is improvement-focused and directed towards achieving optimum outcomes
  • fatigue risk management processes, including: proactive, predictive, reactive
  • hazard identification, risk analysis and control
  • flight operations and health, including: body rhythm disturbances, high-altitude environments, incapacitation, intoxication, physiological fitness and degradation, psychological fitness and degradation, general health aspects that may adversely influence individual or collective physiological/psychological condition
  • how to manage causes and effects of stress and anxiety on individual or collective performance
  • how to manage human factors that may influence individual or collective performance during flight operations
  • human behaviour, including: general concepts, cockpit management, judgement and decision making
  • human information processing, including: general system, senses, integration of sensory inputs: spatial disorientation and illusions, memory
  • judgement and decision making, including: pilot judgement concepts, types of judgement, motor skills and human factors, aeronautical decision making, decision-making concepts, pilot responsibilities, behavioural aspects, identification of hazardous attitudes, physical factors, psychological factors, social influences and interface between people, pilot judgement awareness, risk assessment, cockpit stress management, applying decision-making concepts, practical application, managing resources, safety awareness
  • pressure cabin
  • relevant WHS procedures and regulations
  • relevant sections of Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs) and Civil Aviation Orders
  • respiratory system and circulation of the blood
  • rapid decompression, effects and counter measures
  • threat and error management (TEM) principles in multi-crew operations

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Questions about assessing AVIN0004

What does an assessment tool for AVIN0004 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AVIN0004 needs to address all 58 unit components: 3 elements with 17 performance criteria, 21 performance evidence requirements, 20 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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