Train/Qualify AFC Skills
Overview
A Trainer that is rated to "Train Instructors to Teach T1 Checkboxes" can approve any skills on an Instructor chart that shows T1, once that Tunnel Operator / Instructor Candidate has demonstrated the ability to perform each of the skills. Those skills are:
- Airflow Controller
- Teach Introductory Class
- Daily Inspection
- 18 Years of Age
- Physical Test
Pre-requisites
Prior to being trained and signed off to train the T1 check boxes you must first be selected by your local tunnel management and lead trainer to begin the Trainer path and also have started working on the online leadership training program. You must also have received the appropriate briefings and demonstrated that you understand all of the information that instructors need in order to perform the skills that a Trainer Level 1 teaches.
Objectives
The primary objective is for you to be able to teach a Tunnel Operator and Trainee Instructor Level I all of the skills required for being able to conduct the out of tunnel tasks.
Preparation
Your preparation for this check box really started when you were an early instructor, learning the skills assuming the instructor role, understanding each aspect of how the facility runs and being knowledgable in the areas outside of the flight chamber. As you grow more to understand the training system and how to develop an instructors capabilities you will use this knowledge to brief when you are training your instructors for the particular check boxes. Be sure to spend the time to develop the knowledge of each skill and each mode of operation. These early training sessions with a new instructor candidate will allow you and the team to see how well your cadidate accepts the information and adapts to the training environment