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These are the units Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd 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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Air Traffic Management and Control Services Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of air traffic control (ATC) and the roles of controllers, including the objectives of ATC and the responsibilities of different controller positions
- Understand the structure of UK airspace and organisations managing it, including controlled and uncontrolled airspace and the roles of NATS and other organisations
- Understand tools, systems, and procedures used in air traffic management, including radar, communication systems, and standard operating procedures
- Understand regulatory oversight and international coordination in ATC, including the roles of the CAA, ICAO and other relevant bodies
Aircraft Performance and Operational Limits Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how aircraft design influences aircraft performance
- Understand how aircraft configuration influences aircraft performance
- Understand how aircraft weight influences aircraft performance
- Understand how environmental conditions influence aircraft performance
- Understand how runway characteristics influence aircraft performance
- Understand how to assess the suitability of an airport for aircraft operation
Airport Slot Allocation, Operations, and Compliance Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of airport slot allocation and coordination in managing airport capacity.
- Understand the legal and regulatory framework for airport slot allocation and coordination, including international agreements and national regulations.
- Understand slot operations, messaging protocols, monitoring processes, and re-clearance procedures.
- Understand slot misuse and associated sanctions, including penalties and enforcement mechanisms.
Aviation Emergency Response and Crisis Management Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature of aviation emergencies and the purpose, structure, and phases of an Emergency Response Plan (ERP), including different types of emergency and the key components of an ERP
- Understand Emergency Response Team (ERT) roles and communication coordination during aviation emergencies, including the responsibilities of different team members and effective communication protocols
- Understand coordination with public health and regulatory authorities during aviation emergencies, including reporting requirements and liaison procedures
- Understand business continuity and post-incident support strategies, including measures to minimise disruption and provide support to affected individuals
Aviation Law and International Air Traffic Rights Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure and purpose of aviation legislation, supporting documents, and operations manuals used in the aviation industry.
- Understand the principles of international air traffic rights and the impact of recent political changes on air service agreements.
Aviation Operations Control Experience Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assist with operational tasks in the Operations Control department of an aviation organisation, under supervision
Aviation Security and Dangerous Goods Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of aviation security
- Understand the legal framework for aviation security
- Understand the regulatory framework for aviation security
- Understand operational security measures in aviation
- Understand security management systems (SeMS)
- Understand operational procedures related to dangerous goods
Disruption Management in Aviation Operations Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of managing operational disruption in aviation, including contingency planning and resource allocation.
- Understand legal and regulatory requirements related to disruption management, and passenger compensation requirements in the event of delays or cancellations.
Flight Planning, Navigation, and Operational Information Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and key components of a flight plan, including route, altitude, and fuel requirements.
- Understand airspace structure and navigation aids used in air navigation.
- Understand the content and purpose of a flight planning briefing pack, including weather information, NOTAMs, and airport information.
- Understand instrument flight procedures used to manage departures and arrivals at airports.
- Understand the air traffic control (ATC) flight plan filing process and communication protocols.
- Understand Aeronautical Information Messages (AIS) and their role in flight operations, including the dissemination of critical information.
- Understand factors affecting flight planning, including weather conditions, aircraft performance, and airspace restrictions.
- Understand the role of air traffic flow management in flight planning, including strategies to optimise traffic flow and minimise delays.
Flight Time Limitations, Duty Management, and Fatigue Risk in Aviation Operations Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand crew acclimatisation principles
- Understand Flight Duty Period (FDP) principles
- Understand duty scheduling principles
- Understand regulatory limits on duty
- Understand regulatory limits on flight
- Understand regulatory limits on rest
- Understand operational limits on duty
- Understand operational limits on flight
- Understand operational limits on rest
- Understand the impact of fatigue in aviation operations
- Understand Commander’s Discretion procedures
- Understand standby duty procedures
Mass and Balance in Aviation Operations Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of mass and balance in aviation
- Understand the forces of flight
- Understand the concept of centre of gravity
- Understand mass limits in aviation
- Understand loading procedures in aviation
- Understand mass and balance calculation procedures
Meteorological Hazards and Aviation Weather Interpretation Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand meteorological hazards and their operational impact on aviation.
- Understand how to interpret aviation weather information, including charts, reports, and forecasts.
- Understand how meteorological information supports operational decision-making in aviation.
Principles of Flight Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the physical principles and aerodynamic forces involved in flight, including lift, drag, thrust, and weight
- Understand key aerodynamic factors affecting flight performance, including angle of attack, airspeed, and altitude
- Understand atmospheric pressure, altitude measurement, and reference settings, including the use of altimeters and QNH/QFE settings
Principles of Operations Control in Aviation Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the regulatory basis of operational control in aviation, including relevant legislation and guidance
- Understand the purpose of operations control within airline operations, including its contribution to safety and efficiency
- Understand the roles and responsibilities associated with operational control, including the duties of key personnel
Safety Management Systems in Aviation Real unit · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of a safety management system (SMS) in aviation operations
- Understand the structure of a safety management system (SMS) in aviation operations
- Understand the key elements of a safety management system (SMS) in aviation operations
- Understand the concept of safety culture within an SMS framework
- Understand the concept of just culture within an SMS framework
- Understand hazard identification processes within an SMS framework
- Understand risk management processes within an SMS framework
- Understand occurrence reporting procedures within an SMS framework
- Understand occurrence investigation procedures within an SMS framework
- Understand continuous safety improvement processes within an SMS framework
- Understand safety performance monitoring within an SMS framework
- Understand industry risk trends within an SMS framework
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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Conduct Pre-flight Planning
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Conform with Regulatory Checks and Requirements
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Create, maintain and enhance effective flight crew communication and working relations through Crew Resource Management
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Handle Aircraft During Take-Off
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Maintain and implement aviation emergency procedures
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Plan and monitor the crewing of aircraft
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Prepare for emergencies
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Safety Management
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Work in Adverse Weather at an Aerodrome
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Showing 6 roles, drawn from 13 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.
Where this can lead
Operations Controller / Flight Follower
This work can lead to shift supervision, then duty management of a wider network, and on to running an operations control centre.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd rather than by Zavmo. 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 have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Air Traffic Management and Control ServicesAircraft Performance and Operational LimitsAirport Slot Allocation, Operations, and ComplianceAviation Emergency Response and Crisis ManagementAviation Law and International Air Traffic RightsAviation Operations Control ExperienceAviation Security and Dangerous GoodsDisruption Management in Aviation Operations
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “Flight Planning, Navigation, and Operational Information” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Safety Management Systems in Aviation” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
- Lead it Apply
“Air Traffic Management and Control Services” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Conduct Pre-flight Planning
- Conform with Regulatory Checks and Requirements
- Create, maintain and enhance effective flight crew communication and working relations through Crew Resource Management
- Handle Aircraft During Take-Off
- Maintain and implement aviation emergency procedures
- Plan and monitor the crewing of aircraft
- Prepare for emergencies
- Safety Management
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Air Traffic Management and Control Services, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will develop knowledge of air traffic control (ATC) purposes, controller roles, and the structure of UK airspace. The unit also covers tools, systems, procedures, regulatory oversight, and international coordination in air traffic management and control services.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for FAQ Level 3 Diploma in the Principles of Aviation Operations Control (RQF)
15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd.
- Air Traffic Management and Control Services
- Aircraft Performance and Operational Limits
- Airport Slot Allocation, Operations, and Compliance
- Aviation Emergency Response and Crisis Management
- Aviation Law and International Air Traffic Rights
- Aviation Operations Control Experience
and 9 more in the full unit list below.
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