NOCN · RQF Level 4
NOCN Level 4 Diploma in Air Traffic Control: Aerodrome Control (European)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 4
- Total credits41
- Guided learning197 hours
- Units in this qualification12
Awarded by NOCN · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units NOCN registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
European Aerodrome Operations: Abnormal and Emergency SituationsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the categories of abnormal and emergency situations (ABES).
- Understand the correct procedures relating to abnormal and emergency situations.
- Implement the correct procedures in abnormal and emergency situations.
- Implement correct procedures for diversions.
- Communicate and manage effectively during abnormal and emergency situations.
European Aerodrome Operations: AerodromeReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Define aerodrome data.
- Know about the layout of aerodromes.
- Understand factors affecting the use of runways.
- Understand the requirement for obstacle-free airspace around aerodromes.
- Identify relevant information about the aerodrome to pass to relevant parties.
European Aerodrome Operations: Air Traffic ManagementReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Use altimetry data in the provision of an Air Traffic Service (ATS).
- Provide appropriate separations in accordance with regulations.
- Respond to airborne and ground-based warning systems.
- Use data in the provision of a control service.
- Ensure that all relevant information is available before managing traffic.
- Record relevant information.
- Manage handovers to and takeovers from other controllers.
European Aerodrome Operations: Air Traffic ServicesReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Provide services appropriate to the Aerodrome Control Instrument Rating.
- Apply air traffic flow management to meet the requirements of ATS System Capacity and Airspace Management.
- Issue ATC clearances and ATC instructions in accordance with regulations.
- Co-ordinate actions when providing a control service.
European Aerodrome Operations: AircraftReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Know about the performance characteristics of different types of aircraft that affect the provision of a control service.
- Understand the operation of aircraft instruments relevant to provision of an Aerodrome Control Service (ADI).
- Understand factors affecting aircraft performance.
- Integrate factors affecting aircraft performance into the provision of an Aerodrome Control Service.
- Integrate aircraft data and information into the provision of an Aerodrome Control Service.
European Aerodrome Operations: Aviation LawReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand Air Traffic Controller (ATC) Licensing regulations.
- Understand reporting procedures.
- Apply rules and regulations regarding airspace in the provision of an Aerodrome Control Service.
- Understand the feedback process in relation to safety management.
- Understand the work of the Division of Safety.
European Aerodrome Operations: Equipment and SystemsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Use automated equipment relevant to provision of a control service.
- Operate communication equipment relevant to provision of a control service.
- Understand information available at the controller working position.
- Use the equipment at the Controller Working Position.
- Identify equipment degradation and failure.
- Respond appropriately to equipment and systems limitations and degradation while providing a control service.
European Aerodrome Operations: Human FactorsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain appropriate behaviour and attitude in the provision of an Aerodrome Control Service (ADI).
- Manage self in the provision of ADI.
- Detect and correct errors.
- Collabourate with others in the provision of ADI.
European Aerodrome Operations: MeteorologyReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of meteorological phenomena on aerodrome operations.
- Use meteorological data from relevant sources.
European Aerodrome Operations: NavigationReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Know the operations of Air Traffic Control (ATC) and navigational systems.
- Use symbols and information displayed on aeronautical maps and charts.
- Interpret the operational status of ATC and navigational systems.
- Obtain aeronautical information.
- Interpret aeronautical information.
- Disseminate aeronautical information.
- Provide assistance to consistently achieve stabilised approaches.
- Understand Instrument Departures and Arrivals.
European Aerodrome Operations: Practical SkillsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Act autonomously in the provision of an Aerodrome Control Service (ADI).
- Deal proficiently with unpredictable situations.
European Aerodrome Operations: Provision of an Aerodrome Control ServiceReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key responsibilities in the provision of an aerodrome control service.
- Manage traffic safely and expeditiously.
- Manage the functions of the Aerodrome Control Tower.
- Provide relevant information to aircraft.
- Control traffic in the vicinity of the aerodrome.
- Manage the runway in use.
- Manage the functions of Instrument-based aerodrome control.
The honest bit
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 4 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Airline Management and Legislation
- Collect and use information to make decisions
- Control of Works in Progress
- Handle Aircraft During Take-Off
- Prepare and implement a flight plan
- Respond to abnormal, dangerous or emergency situations
- Work in Adverse Weather at an Aerodrome
- Work on an aerodrome runway
Where this can lead
Operations Controller / Flight Follower
Your journey starts here, at the heart of our operations. With dedication, continuous learning, and a commitment to safety, the sky truly is the limit for your career in aviation.
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for NOCN Level 4 Diploma in Air Traffic Control: Aerodrome Control (European)
12 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- European Aerodrome Operations: Abnormal and Emergency Situations
- European Aerodrome Operations: Aerodrome
- European Aerodrome Operations: Air Traffic Management
- European Aerodrome Operations: Air Traffic Services
- European Aerodrome Operations: Aircraft
- European Aerodrome Operations: Aviation Law
and 6 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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