8.4 Duration and Renewal of Examiner Licence Endorsement
The Examiner Licence Endorsement is issued for a 3-year period. It is renewable by an assessment of the controller's competence to continue to conduct examinations for the ATC licence.
Providers of air traffic services at units where they are responsible for the provision of air traffic control services must have processes, procedures and competent personnel to ensure that holders of an Examiner licence endorsement are assessed for competence at least every three years. The renewal of an Examiner licence endorsement may be carried out within the 90-day period preceding the date of expiry of the current Examiner licence endorsement. Provided the controller is assessed as competent, the Examiner licence endorsement will be renewed for a further 3 years from the date of expiry of the current endorsement. Providers of air traffic services shall inform the CAA of the outcome of the assessment in all cases.
The assessment of competence for renewal of the Examiner licence endorsement must confirm that the holder continues to meet the Performance Objectives detailed in CAP 624, Part 13.
8.5 Duration and Renewal of English Language Proficiency Endorsement
For licence-holders whose English language competence is assessed to be at Level 6 of the ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale, the English language proficiency endorsement will be issued for the lifetime of the holder, unless revoked by the CAA.
For licence-holders whose English language competence is assessed to be at Level 5 of the ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale, the English language proficiency endorsement will be issued for a period of 6 years.
For licence-holders whose English language competence is assessed to be at Level 4 of the ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale, the English language proficiency endorsement will be issued for a period of 3 years.
In both the latter two cases above, the English language proficiency endorsement is renewable by an assessment of the controller's competence to speak and understand the English language.
The assessment of competence for the renewal of the English language proficiency endorsement shall be carried out within a 90-day period preceding the date of expiry of the current English language proficiency endorsement. Provided the controller is assessed as competent, the English language proficiency endorsement will be renewed for a further period of 3 or 6 years, as appropriate, from the date of the expiry of the current endorsement. The assessment of competence for the renewal of the English language proficiency endorsement may only be carried out by organisations approved to do so by ATSD.
8.6 Failure of an Assessment for the Renewal of the English Language Proficiency Endorsement
A controller, who fails a competence assessment for the renewal of the English language proficiency endorsement, must not provide an air traffic control service. In such circumstances, the controller shall be permitted to undertake a further assessment, typically following an appropriate period of retraining. Should a controller fail a second assessment, providers of air traffic services are required to advise their ATSD Regional Manager or Head of En-route and College Regulation, as appropriate.
If a controller fails to renew his English language proficiency endorsement before the date of expiry, he must not provide an air traffic control service until such time as he has successfully undertaken a competence assessment for English language proficiency.
9 The Unit Competence Scheme
9.1 All air traffic control units are required to have a Unit Competence Scheme approved by the CAA. The Unit Competence Scheme (UCS) should detail the process by which controllers are monitored or regularly tested to ensure they maintain their competence and should include details of required continuation training for controllers and a competence checking system.
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