The Air Navigation Order 2009

PART B Ratings, Rating Endorsements and Licence Endorsements

Inclusion of ratings, rating endorsements and licence endorsements

1.—(1) A licence granted under article 182 may contain the ratings, rating endorsements and licence endorsements of the classes contained in paragraphs 3 and 4.

(2) The inclusion of a rating, rating endorsement or licence endorsement shall have the consequences specified in relation to it.

Exercise of more than one function

2.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the holder of a licence which includes ratings of two or more of the classes specified in paragraph 3 must not at any one time perform the functions specified in respect of more than one of those ratings.

(2) The functions of the following ratings may be exercised at the same time—

(a) an Aerodrome Control Instrument Rating and an Approach Control Procedural Rating; and

(b) an Aerodrome Control Instrument Rating and an Approach Control Surveillance Rating, provided that the holder shall not exercise the functions of any rating endorsement described in paragraph 2(a) to (c) of article 7 of the air traffic controllers’ directive included in the Approach Control Surveillance Rating.

(3) When a surveillance radar approach terminating at a point less than 2 nautical miles from the point of intersection of the glide path with the runway is being provided under an approach control surveillance rating, no other function under the approach control surveillance rating may be exercised at the same time.

Ratings and Rating Endorsements

3.—(1) There are the following classes of aerodrome control ratings and endorsements—

(a) the Aerodrome Control Visual Rating (ADV) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(b) the Aerodrome Control Instrument Rating (ADI) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(c) the Aerodrome Control Instrument rating must be accompanied by at least one of the rating endorsements described in paragraph 1 of article 7 of the air traffic controllers’ directive.

(2) There are the following classes of approach control ratings and endorsements—

(a) the Approach Control Procedural Rating (APP) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(b) the Approach Control Surveillance Rating (APS) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(c) the Approach Control Surveillance Rating must be accompanied by at least one of the following—

(i) a rating endorsement described in paragraph 2 of article 7 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(ii) the Multilateration Endorsement (MLT), which indicates that the holder is competent to provide an approach control service with the use of multilateration;

(iii) the Offshore Rating Endorsement entitles the holder of a Radar Endorsement to provide an offshore service;

(iv) the Special Tasks Rating Endorsement which entitles the holder of a Radar, Automatic Dependent Surveillance or Multilateration Endorsement to provide a special tasks service.

(3) There are the following classes of area control ratings and endorsements—

(a) the Area Control Procedural Rating (ACP) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(b) the Area Control Procedural Rating may be accompanied by an Oceanic Control Rating Endorsement which entitles the holder to provide an area control service in the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area;

(c) the Area Control Surveillance Rating (ACS) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(d) the Area Control Surveillance Rating must be accompanied by at least one of the following—

(i) a rating endorsement described in paragraph 3 of article 7 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(ii) the Multilateration Endorsement (MLT) which indicates that the holder is competent to provide an area control service with the use of multilateration;

(iii) an Offshore Rating Endorsement which entitles the holder of a Radar Endorsement to provide an offshore service;

(iv) a Special Tasks Rating Endorsement which entitles the holder of a Radar Automatic Dependent Surveillance or Multilateration Endorsement to provide a special tasks service.

Licence Endorsements

4.  There are the following classes of licence endorsement—

(a) an Examiner Licence Endorsement (which is valid for a period of three years) entitles the holder to sign a unit endorsement in respect of—

(i) the air traffic control services that the air traffic controller licence entitles the holder to provide; or

(ii) such other air traffic control services as the CAA may authorise for that holder;

(b) an On-the-job Training Instructor Endorsement (which is valid for a period of three years) as described in article 9 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(c) a Unit Endorsement as described in article 10 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(d) a Language Endorsement.